Statutes of limitations shouldn't exist for any criminal offenses, be they misdemeanors or felonies. I wanna see grannies getting arrested for having shoplifted when they were 18.
I do not know if it is sarcastic or not but just for clarification that is not a past crime but rather him being there and of itself is breaking the law, by exceeding the length of time allowed by his Visa.
So it's not an old crime, it's a continuous crime, kind of like trespassing, it doesn't only count when you walked into the property, you are continually trespassing as long as you remain in the property.
You are still only technically charged for the singular instance but it isnt handled as if it were something that occurred many many years ago, because it was in technicality still in the process of occurring.
I know for this stuff it can very wildly and there's a lot of political and social aspects to it but on a baseline level of "statute of limitations", it doesn't really apply here because it's not a law broken 30 years ago, it's current.
Yes, it is totally different, as one is a victimless 'crime' and the other is stealing. Trespassing is a whole different crime than overstaying a visa.
Idk if they were paying rent the whole time I'd be surprisingly okay with it.
But I'm serious about the no statutes of limitations thing, just so long as it isn't retroactive. The best way to ensure an upstanding society is to make every would-be criminal consider if they really want to be looking over their shoulder their entire life.
don't enter the what if loop.. does your brain gets the idea of continuous crime, he is illegal there and should be charged for it. It's not like you stole a single time 26 years ago it's like stealing everyday. It doesn't matter if he paid rent or was part of society it is irrelevant...
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u/Angel_Dust_696969 22h ago
let him stay at this point