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You can be charged, sentenced and then *released* as an illegal without anyone notifying ICE? Wow, that's wild!

So the federal justice system & laws are completely separate from the local law and one does not talk to the other? I always thought that these things are more interconnected.

In my country I know for sure, that these systems are interconnected so if you are for example checked during a traffic stop, the police officer can immediately see whether you have a valid permit to stay. And if you don't they will immediately arrest you & hand over to the immigration enforcement.