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Old 04-29-2006, 05:42 AM
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A distinction without a difference

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Originally Posted by JonK
Frank,
Difference between overstay illegals and border jumpers would be that the overstays at least try to follow the legal procedures to begin with, however, the border jumpers never consider doing so to begin with.
That's not much of a difference, imo. They both decided not to follow U.S. immigration laws, they just made the decision at different points in time.

Actually, the real reason why this distinction exists is simply because the Immigration and Nationality Act has become such a convoluted patchwork job over the years that every time Congress tries to "fix" something, they just end up "breaking" something else. However, by the time Congress realizes they've broken something, it's usually not politically expedient to fix it.
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