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  • They are pointing out the difference between a criminal offense and an administrative offense. Crossing a border and entering a country without permission is typically not considered a crime and hence would not be called illegal. It would be consider an administrative offense, hence immigrants irregular status rather than illegal status.

    The issue is confusing since the use of illegal immigrant is very common in english due to fud.

    The destinction is however obvious when one notice that immigrants stand trials in administrative courts rather than criminal courts.