Thuzbekistan wrote:Great Confederacy of Commonwealth States wrote:Where did I call to abolish ICE exactly?
When those kids did something they would not have done otherwise because of Farmington, then yes, it's entrapment. Doesn't matter how illegal the thing was they did: would they have done something similar if Farmington wasn't there? For many, you could say that no, they would not have.
When the government pulls shit like this, it's very important to be critical of that conduct, and see if it holds up to the highest standard of legality.
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According to the Washington post article, the students were told on the front end that university did not exist. That makes it illegal by default.Students knew that the scheme was illegal “and that discretion should be used when discussing the program with others,” prosecutors wrote in their indictment, which was filed Jan. 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan.The federal indictments name eight people in eight states who allegedly were students at the school and recruited additional students to enroll. All have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to commit visa fraud and harboring aliens for profit. They face a maximum sentence of five years in prison.
It looks like everyone involved knew the school didn't exist or at least acted as tho they'd been there to ensnare this operation. All the feds did was set up the school online.
Again, how illegal something is does not matter for a discussion on entrapment.