From a lawyer friend: "If people are curious how the mass prosecutions of illegal entry is working out in the courts:

https://www.voiceofsandiego.org/topics/government/detainees-and-courts-are-dealing-with-intense-strain-under-new-border-policy-court-docs-show/

"Illegal entry, which is a misdemeanor, was rarely prosecuted before. And almost always, illegal entry is plea bargained to 'time served'.

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