The OPA, explains Anderson, preserves the authority of the Feds to impose additional fines and penalties (whether criminal or civil in nature) for any other violation of law.

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In violation of state and federal law, Rasool checked the plates with the Virginia Criminal Information Network and the National Crime Information Center databases, and called his friend back to let him know that the cars were not registered to individuals.

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Arizona spends several hundred million dollars each year incarcerating criminal aliens and providing education and health care to aliens who entered and reside in the country in violation of federal law.

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