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And also he's going to jail instead of being deported to where he came from. I have to say the American justice system terrifies me.

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He will very likely be deported if he has committed no other crime, but first, they have to figure out where to send him.

Fun story: A colleague had to fly to the USA for work, but when he arrived they noticed some mistake in the paperwork. They couldn't send him back because an Icelandic volcano had erupted, so they gave him orange overalls and chains and put him in jail for a while

"fun?"

Some have love stories from extra stays together or long roadtrip travel stories from the weeks of no flights, and some got an orange jumpsuit.

Proof pls

It depends on how you act. Most crimes require intent.

Going straight to border control, saying “I have no recollection of how I got here. I don’t have a passport” probably wouldn’t have gotten you charged.

That's basically what happened, and still the dude found himself charged with a crime.

So farmdve's comment is spot on.

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