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Posted on: April 28th, 2008
Filed Under: [ Immigration ] [ Politics ] [ Eye Openers ] [ New Jersey ]
Tags: attorney, crime
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“Being in this country without proper documentation is not a crime,” Christie told more than 60 residents and town officials. “The whole phrase of ‘illegal immigrant’ connotes that the person, by just being here, is committing a crime.”
Being undocumented may be a civil wrong, but it’s not a criminal act, Christie said.
“Don’t let people make you believe that that’s a crime that the U.S. Attorney’s Office should be doing something about,” he added of entering the country illegally. “It is not.”"*
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