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Originally Posted by spence
The fines allocated for illegal immigration and speeding are quite similar. I think the law stipulates 50-250 dollars for a first violation for a basic immigration violation.
It's precisely why we have such a problem, the penalites are very weak and there's little ability for the vast majority of law enforcement to do anything about it.
-spence
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The glaring difference between the consequences of speeding and illegal border crossing is: when caught speeding you are not sent to a detention center for an indefinite period of time awaiting deportation. Thats because of the fact that illegal border crossing is far more serious than speeding and the consequences of detention and deportation reflect the difference in severity of the two civil offenses.