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Entering illegally != Overstaying a visa.

That may sound like a distinction without a difference to you, but legally they provide very different avenues for acquiring a residency permit.

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We now know he entered under the Visa Waiver Program, which explicitly prohibits adjusting status for any reason. So yeah, it's immigration fraud, and a massive overstay of 20 years.

We also now know a judge refused his Habeas corpus petition, and he has a final order of removal -- signed by a judge, not an administrator.

He also refused to be deported to Ireland.