RETURN TO SENDER/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION

[HairOfTheDog]

I'm not sure this deserves to be in the immigration thread so I might toss it into a mobster thread or something. What say yea?

Either way is cool by me Mags.

A lot of the old Italian mob guys sneaked into the country illegally, or they had temporary authorization, sponsored by a U.S.-based relative, which expired and they became undocumented/illegal.

Some of them, like Papa Joe, went back to Italy for a spell after they'd made money off of crimes in the U.S. (bootlegging, gangs, prostitution, extortion, racketeering...) and then re-entered the U.S. legally so they could later apply for citizenship.

So, there is a tie-in to this thread if you want to keep the discussion going here.