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Non-convicted persons, not "non-criminals"

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1325

Illegal entry is still a crime.

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Innocent until proven guilty. Nobody is a criminal until some judge declared them to be.

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Criminals are people who commit crimes generally, not just people who have been convicted of them. You can independently be charged with harboring a criminal awaiting trial regardless of their adjudication status.