What happens when an illegal immigrant is caught in the US?
968830
They're arrested, detained and then given a hearing to establish if they have a legitmate cause for asylum. If they don't prove their case, they're deported.
182771
You are not put in jail with regular criminals. The INS has many detention centers throughout the US. One of the main deportation centers is in Calexico, California. There illegals are detained while awaiting their deportation hearing. Depending on your background while in the States determines if you are eligible to post bond. Not everyone is allowed to post bond.
206485
If you report him and you employer gets fined he may be forced to hire only Americans and that means higher costs and higher costs means lower profits and lower profits means cost cuttings and cost cuttings means YOU COULD GET FIRED. \n\nIf American companies are forced to hire only Americans most will go out of business.\n\nEven Wal-Mart hires Illegal Workers. If they cannot survive with only Americans your current job cannot do it either.\n\nIf the Illegal Alien is working he is making money to spend on many American Business and this means bigger profits for those businesses and bigger profits means MORE JOBS FOR AMERICANS.\n\nHe is not harming you right now.\n\nHowever, if he gets deported. He will cross the border again and perhaps he won´t be able to get a job and he will become a criminal. (He needs to send money to his family) and you could be his next victim. In fact, YOU COULD BE KILLED BY THE SAME ILLEGAL ALIEN YOU ARE NOW TRYING TO DEPORT.\n\nI suggest you to see the film "A Day without a Mexican"
1013856
So get him away from your daughter. Even if he doesn't have a green card, INS won't do much about one person, they're more interested in a sweep or a raid that will net them more deportees and good publicity. Good luck.
35877
You'll likely be ordered to repay any benefits you illegally collected.  I think as long as you do that, you won't be in worse trouble.  However, if you fail to do that, I'm pretty sure there are criminal penalties you could suffer.
525974
Of course not.Although he was jailed in america,it is not his own country.After he doing his term in jail,he will be sent back to his own country.
19295
Call the local police department, or the immigration department.
505894
Under Title 8 Section 1325 of the U.S. Code, "Improper Entry by Alien," any citizen of any country other than the United States who:\n\nEnters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers; or \nViolations are punishable by criminal fines and imprisonment for up to six months. Repeat offenses can bring up to two years in prison. Additional civil fines may be imposed at the discretion of immigration judges, but civil fines do not negate the criminal sanctions or nature of the offense.\n\nEludes examination or inspection by immigration officers; or \n\nAttempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact; \nhas committed a federal crime.
325563
I think that you go after the employer, you arrest them and put them in jail for a significant time and you fine the hell out of them. I have a formula for this. \n\nNO JOBS = NO WORK = NO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
106683
you can call a lawyer and donot say your name and ask them wut u can do. Or go to the Immigration office and report it stolen or lost cause someone elese can be using ur green card.
224926
If he is an illegal immigrant one option is to move back to the country he came from. The word illegal means that a law has been broken. Another option is that he can turn himself into the INS. I understand you wanting to help your friend, but I don't understand what would make you think the rest of us would want to ingage in illegal activity.
1088025
As a US citizen, he is entitled to get a new passport at the nearest embassy or consulate.  He should do so and then return to the United States and present himself to the police in the jurisdiction where he was being tried.  Don't go through the trouble of extradition -- who wants to spend time in a Eurojail waiting for their wheels of justice to turn?  Just come back home.
1031581
Hello first seldom do the police actually do the raid,  the swet shop would be in violation of wage and law violations, often tax violations and possible immigration,\n\nImmigration may do the raid if it is for illegal immigration,  the IRS may do the raid,  and at times state police may.\n\nIf immigation is involved yes illegals go to jail,  if immigration is not invovled normally the illegals are merley questioned and released.
540649
You'll likely be arrested.
393311
It is a crime for noncitizens to _enter_ the U.S. without a visa, so by implication, it is a crime to _be_ in the U.S. without a visa.
613864
You have a very easy country to sneak into.. If they catch you they just let you go and set a court date for a couple of years later..By then they have no idea where the person is
979834
No, what you do in other countries that is stil legal stays in those countries. Unless you violate any laws inside the U.S. they cannot arrest you.