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So if she instead put "Nobody has the right to enter this country illegally" it would be fine because she's just restating the law?

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"Entering the country illegally is illegal" is restating the law. Such a statement would likely take on more meaning given the context in which it was said.

"Nobody has the right to ..." is your opinion.

Well, "nobody has the legal right to..." is restating. And to me, the "legal" is rather obviously implied.

I don't agree the implication is obvious at all. Interpreting it that way make it a total truism - nonsensical unless interpreted within a greater context.

And it looks to me that's just what the GP poster was trying to do - challenge others to argue with a truism while pretending that the context in which it was stated isn't relevant.

INAL but it is your right to illegally cross the border of a Geneva convention signatory country and seek an asylum. So no, not the same.

That would be appropriate (in this analogy) if the website was advising employees on how to jump over border walls.

What about a website for lawyers who defend illegally-entered immigrants?

ICI consultants isn't a criminal organization as far as I know, and without really knowing anything about them, I would assume the consulting services they provide don't tell companies to perform illegal acts.

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