2006-09-19 04:02:14 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Immigration
yes. once the day passes on the 1-94 form telling you how long you have to stay in the country you become a illegial alien. they have the right to arrest you and deport you.
2006-09-19 07:16:34 · answer #1 · answered by scififed 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Rhetoric aside, someone who crosses the border without inspection has entered illegally and is in the US legally. Someone with an expired visa entered legally but is still here illegally. So you could say the visa over stayer has violated one law while the border crosser violated two.
2006-09-19 04:52:12 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
An over stayer visitor is in violation of US immigration laws, and are subject to immediate deportation, in fact is easier for the INS to find them that it would be to find someone who sneaked in, because they are required upon entering the USA to provide an address where they are going to be staying, but many of them , if their purpose was to stay here illegally, would give a false address, and the worse part is that immigration doesn't do a d*** thing about it, I reported a case that I knew about, and nothing was done, in fact that person bought a legitimate green card from a corrupt INS employee in New York, who is making hundreds of thousand of dollars selling real green cards to illegal aliens from everywhere, S. America, the middle east, and nothing gets done, it is frustrating, I wish some one would do something about this before it's too late.
2006-09-19 05:15:49 · answer #3 · answered by deedeeinatl1 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Any violation of visa is ILLEGAL! So, yes anyone who has stayed in a country beyond their legally allowed visiting/studying/working visa is just as illegal as someone who crosses the border without any documentation.
2006-09-19 04:07:39 · answer #4 · answered by kaylora 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
An overstay and crossing is just as illegal. Both constitute breaking the law. 80% of visitors to the US stay here illegally after their visitors visa's expire. This is why it is difficult to get one and most people get denied.
2006-09-19 04:54:48 · answer #5 · answered by proud mom ♥ 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Under immigration law, it is more serious to be what is called "EWI" (Entry Without Inspection) than an overstay. Being EWI makes you BOTH removable AND inadmissible while being an overstay means you are only removable.
The way it is treated in deportation is different. It is complex, but that's the law.
2006-09-19 13:47:40 · answer #6 · answered by duh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes
2006-09-19 04:13:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. However, if they are working under their own social security number and have a true driver's license etc. they may not be breaking as many other laws.
2006-09-19 04:46:44 · answer #8 · answered by DAR 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, and that is easier for the INS to find you since they register when u come in and out. as for somebody that comes thru the border they dont know where they are when they leave or anything!
2006-09-19 04:50:42 · answer #9 · answered by el_oso_candeloso 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
technically.... but they do not have the same rights, someone who overstays can have a chance to switch to another visa, esp if they have a reason to overstay.... they can talk their way out of the issue... some one who crosses illegially.... legally has not chance of changing status.... although sometimes they sometimes slip through...
2006-09-19 05:02:39 · answer #10 · answered by crazydeb16 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋