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Also to a deterrent. weve seen ranchers farm land getting trampled, and keeping cattle from escaping, getting cut weekly. and now border patrol is on the ranches. >> for some theyre charged with trespassing and could be jail time. >> we havent gotten to the punishment phase of any trial setting yet, but more a class a misdemeanor you could be jailed for up to one year, thats the maximum. i feel a feeling there are a couple that will be going tore a year, especially if theyre repeat offenders. >>...

Something very unique along the southern border in hopes of creating a deterrent and also cracking down on illegal immigration and it start with this new enforcement or different type of enforcement here on private property. renters have been suffering as we all have been reporting from a while damage for many years. farmland gets trampled, fencing that keeps cattle from escaping gets cut weekly, sometimes nightly. ranchers are fed up and now state troopers and national guard soldiers are doing ...

In places right where i am here, private property. we have seen mentors have been suffering damage first many years. permanent gets trampled, keeps the shadows from escaping from mentors of but up and now state troopers and national guard soldiers are doing patrol on the poor ranchers. when the catch illegal immigrants, they sent them to prosecutors who then pressed charges for trespassing for some, there could be serious jail time. >> we have got to the punishment phase. but for class a misdeme...

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>> in terms of the seriousness of this charge, its described in the complaint as a class a misdemeanor, forcible touching. we know that technically the potential penalty here is a year in prison, which means its a serious thing. can you give us some sort of sense of context as to how serious this is under new york law, and if he were convicted of this offense, what would be a likely sentence, not just a possible sentence? >> any criminal charge is a serious thing, and as you say, hes facing time...

He has been summoned to appear in court november 17th. thats a date that we are looking out for. . >> all right. well be watching that. mj, thank you so much for the latest. joining us now senior legal analyst and former assistant u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york, elie honig. >> so the charge is forcible touching. that means when a person touches another person without content either for the touchers sexual gratification or to degrade or humiliate the other person. arguably ...

Falling behind in charges. >> and when we expect that to happen at the time that he has been told to appear in court. what sort of timeframe would expect in terms of sorting out whether this was some sort of glitch, some sort of procedural hiccup, but not something substance to? one point of the process would we see that unfold. certainly something we would know that would happen by the time the former governor is expected in court. which i believe is november 17th. so before that we would expec...

Former governor is expected in court, which i believe is november 17. so before that, we would expect to see the formal charges brought. the d.a. is going to have to appear in court, they have to arrange a plea. these are all things that have to do with prosecution where you need the prosecutors office to actually be behind it. >> in terms of the seriousness of this charge, its described in the complaint as a class a misdemeanor, forcible touching. we know that technically the potential penalty ...

By surprise as well. the criminal complaint was presented to the court, and then in five to ten minutes they get that complaint turned around and a criminal summons is issued. they thought they would have more time, maybe not necessarily weeks, but enough time, he says, to have confirmed with the district attorney, who he did not have a chance to confer with, to speak to the governors attorney just to let her know, and this then came out and it popped up on a blog, a new york state politics blog...

>> i want to be clear. sneern, we know that based on your reporting, correct. >> correct. >> when you talk about a criminal complaint, what does that mean? what is that process? >> criminal charges. at some point the governor will be charged and arrested. depending upon what type of class it is. it could be a class a or other types of zpeern. if he it is a class a misdemeanor he faces one year in prison, potential of a fine or three years of probation. if it is a class a misdemeanor that i am th...