Originally posted by Mace2004
Read again the pertinent part:
Bottom line is that I'm not, and no other American citizen is an "alien" so, just by simply reading the law it clearly doesn't apply to US citizens.
You and an "alien" are walking down the street, how does the .gov G-man know who is who? Can you prove you are a US citizen? aliens get ID cards, bank accounts, and can forge any document... now what?
Is the alien glowing? is there a "kick me I'm an alien" sign on his back? or is the only way to determine the difference between you & and alien detention and status determination?
Please, tell me how the .gov WILL apply this law. We both know how they should, but lawyers always ignore the "Spirit of the law"... thats why a married man who walks into a church to get married can get charged with felony BURGLARY... same goes for "beer-runners"
Was the spirit of burglary to lock up beer running kids and bigamists? no, but it gets used like that DAILY, I've personally done it. A law is like a gun, you can aim it at a proper target, or not..