On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, jim bell wrote:
Not "mexican-american." The average American's illusion is that when an illegal alien is found he's immediately kicked across the border. Well, the first time maybe, but there is now a 2-year sentence for illegal entry for repeat offenders.
What's the history of this particular piece of legislation? A naive person might think there has to be something special about the crime if jurisdiction can be obtained merely via the presence of an individual.
Very convenient, because the majority of prison guards are probably ex-US Military-types who "need" to be kept in the Federal fold. For every couple of beaners they keep, they get to hire another guard.
OK. This would be 'rent-seeking', right? ;) Sampo Syreeni <decoy@iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university