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		smoyer on Oct 20, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Immigrant entrepreneur arrested to meet quotas Perhaps by "living legally" he meant he'd never been in trouble with the law? That he was a productive member of society? I don't necessarily agree with the immigration laws in the U.S., but I think you have to live within the laws a country has instated.

felideon on Oct 20, 2011 [–]

I think in this context, "living legally" means you are not Out-of-status by overstaying an I-94, issued to you by the USCIS (fka INS) officer at the point of entry.

IANAL.

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