“We are in dire need of workers, so there is a lot of fear from across the state … that this new law will actually be devastating."

  • BrerChicken @lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Er, people absolutely do enter through non-checkpoints.

    Of course, but that doesn’t determine whether you’re documented or not. You can be undocumented and have entered through the proper checkpoints. Or you can be a citizen and enter illegally. Entering illegally is a misdemeanor, and it does not make you an illegal immigrant. In fact, nothing makes you an illegal immigrant in the US because legally that concept simply does not exist. Congress would have to change that.