Jasmine Crockett Claims Entering America Illegally is ‘Not a Crime’

Democrat firebrand Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) has once again sparked controversy after incorrectly stating on MSNBC that entering the United States illegally is not a crime, despite federal law clearly defining it as a criminal offense.

During an appearance on MSNBC with host Katie Phang, Crockett made the disputed claim, stating, “It is not a criminal violation to enter the country illegally… it’s not a crime.”

She further suggested that Republican officials want local law enforcement to “round up people when they could be looking out for the murderers and the sex abusers.”

Crockett also directed criticism at President Donald Trump, saying, “Don’t give me this fake outrage about criminals roaming our streets when you guys stand ten toes down for the biggest criminal we have ever seen go into the White House.”

Under federal law, unauthorized entry into the United States is indeed classified as a criminal offense because it is punishable by imprisonment.

Individuals who enter the country unlawfully can face both criminal and civil penalties under current immigration laws.

Resist the Mainstream reported that Crockett issued a scathing rebuke against Trump last week, claiming he is an “enemy” of the U.S. “As far as I am concerned, he is an enemy to the United States,” she said during an interview with MSNBC.

“He swore an oath just like the rest of us, but right now, when you are literally putting us at risk because you want to convince your followers that you should be a dictator too, that you should never leave the White House? Because you don’t believe that elections should take place? I don’t really understand what is going on, and I don’t know what it’s going to take to get people to wake up,” she claimed.

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SatanBurger · 36-40, F

Honestly it doesn't make sense for it to be a crime since undocumented people run from countries in times of war or have to sometimes due to persecution reasons. So in general making that a crime would be nonsensical. That's probably why it wasn't labeled as a crime, we do project ourselves as the American dream after all.

“round up people when they could be looking out for the murderers and the sex abusers.”

Yes exactly. Instead of working on infrastructure, child care, good health care you decide it's a good idea to waste trillions of dollars going after undocumented people.

Furthermore, if you just made those people legal within reason with the exclusion of violent crimes, you could probably strengthen America's workforce and relations with our citizens. As they could work and pay taxes like American citizens.

This is true about pedos too. The catholic church many years ago had as many as 200 pedos in their organization and this was five years ago so the number has probably grown

She has a point 💯

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@SatanBurger And you decided to import 25,000,000 unvetted illegal alien's to the country to boost the economy and reduce crime, right?

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@sunsporter1649 If you gave each citizenship aside from violent offenders you'd be able to weed out repeat violent offenders easily.

Also what you mean about reducing crime? Honey, propping up the billionaires isn't going to reduce crime. Higher poverty leads to crime and currently we criminalize the poor and don't want higher wages or four day working weeks or better child care.

Crime lol that's funny.

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sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@SatanBurger And your proposal to vet the illegal aliens is....

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@sunsporter1649 The U.S. already has background checks for immigrants applying for legal status, so we could apply similar vetting to those already here. People with serious criminal records—especially violent crimes or repeat offenses—could be flagged for deportation, while the rest could be given a pathway to legal status. This would allow law enforcement to focus on actual threats rather than chasing down people who are just trying to work and live.

Biometric data, past arrests, and cooperation with other countrie's records could help in screening.

sunsporter1649 · 70-79, M

@SatanBurger As opposed to just opening the door for every child trafficer, drug runner, and murderer that the previous administration stuffed in the country

SatanBurger · 36-40, F

@sunsporter1649 I addressed that in my first comment towards you. It takes decades to get into America due to how our laws are set up. So fixing the issues of our immigration system along with making undocumented people here legal while deporting repeat offenders for serious violations would take care of major issues.