Mexican Border: Jail Time and Miles Kilometres

mexican border: The magistrate, Collis White, warned that a guilty plea would mean jail time and they couldn't return to the United States legally for years, according to Metro News. Speaking in Spanish, each of the 15 men said they understood. They had come for better jobs, many to earn more money to help raise their children, their defence lawyer told a federal magistrate in a quiet west Texas courtroom about 3 miles 5 kilometres north of the Mexican border. They faced up to six months in jail, but most were sentenced to just a few days. In other jurisdictions, authorities routinely skip the criminal charges and order quick deportations. They had the misfortune of landing in America's toughest courthouse for people who cross the border illegally. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.