>>They choose to come into our country knowing that it is illegal. Premeditated. You know, if someone threw them out of a plane and they landed on a big fluffy pillow in the middle of Iowa, finding themselves here illegally, well gosh darn, I think that would be a similar circumstance of finding yourself unemployed with no place to live and sleeping in the park. They are NOT the same.
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>No, though both are misdemeanors. And both are the results of a decision to not enforce for a while. Imagine you sleeping in a park for months, and then all of a sudden you get arrested by the same cops who wished you good night all the time. Policy change... or, IOW, the regal prerogative.

You conveniently missed the point of it being premeditated. I also don't run the risk of being deported sleeping in the park. You can say it all different ways, even in French if you want, and they will not be the same.

>>>IIRC, jaywalking is still illegal in NYC. What was the name of that guy again?
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>>Henry?
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>Nah, Giuliani.