Browse Arkansas Code titles and sections
8 U.S.C. § 1325 — Improper entry by alien
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts** Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
**(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties** Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of—
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.
**(c) Marriage fraud** Any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined not more than $250,000, or both.
**(d) Immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud** Any individual who knowingly establishes a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fin
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 8 U.S.C. § 1325
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.
Original supplied file — preserved unchanged
Download original Markdown file
File SHA-256: 6f343938c25c68bdd5cda8751f92f9c633f252b02dee95773568049128e1ae7a. The original may include catalog metadata, neighboring provisions, or embedded records outside this collection's scope. Search shows only the selected federal record. Historical editions and unverified snapshots are not a statement of current law.
Authority boundary: historical or unconfirmed source not current law verified.
Open the recorded source website ↗
Record provenance
Stable record: federal_law:legal_authorities:record_usc_78215187d2b37cadbd8aee8a
Source file: Laws/federal/codes/united-states-code/title-8/section-1325-improper-entry-by-alien--7ecd57c7c8.md
Pages: Not recorded – Not recorded
Passage SHA-256: 425b6923ebae2bda841ed7c7d2877e3d7d87d29d6d43f8932a1f610555e584ba
Source location: Title 8, Chapter 12, § 1325; chapter-012-immigration-and-nationality.md
Stored source content
**(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts** Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.
**(b) Improper time or place; civil penalties** Any alien who is apprehended while entering (or attempting to enter) the United States at a time or place other than as designated by immigration officers shall be subject to a civil penalty of—
(1) at least $50 and not more than $250 for each such entry (or attempted entry); or
(2) twice the amount specified in paragraph (1) in the case of an alien who has been previously subject to a civil penalty under this subsection.
Civil penalties under this subsection are in addition to, and not in lieu of, any criminal or other civil penalties that may be imposed.
**(c) Marriage fraud** Any individual who knowingly enters into a marriage for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or fined not more than $250,000, or both.
**(d) Immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud** Any individual who knowingly establishes a commercial enterprise for the purpose of evading any provision of the immigration laws shall be imprisoned for not more than 5 years, fined in accordance with title 18, or both.
Cross-references
Connections may be documented source relationships, shared citations or nearby passages. Each explains its basis; a connection alone does not establish applicability to your situation.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 8 U.S.C. § 1551
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Arrival manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft transporting any person to any seaport or airport of the United States from any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide to any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) at that port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant transported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival at that port.
**(b) Departure manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any seaport or airport of the United States, who are destined to any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) before departure from such port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant to be transported.
**(c) Contents of manifest** The information to be provided with respect to each person listed on a manifest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall include—
(1) complete name;
(2) date of birth;
(3) citizenship;
(4) sex;
(5) passport number and country of issuance;
(6) country of residence;
(7) United States visa number, date, and place of issuance, where applicable;
(8) alien registration number, where applicable;
(9) United States address while in the United States; and
(10) such other information the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Treasury determines as being necessary for the identification of the persons transported and for the enforcement of the immigration laws and to protect safety and national security.
**(d) Appropriate officials
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 8 U.S.C. § 1221
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 8 U.S.C. § 1101
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) In general**
(1) **Parallel terms, conditions, benefits, and amounts** — Unless otherwise specified in this part, loans made to borrowers under this part shall have the same terms, conditions, and benefits, and be available in the same amounts, as loans made to borrowers, and first disbursed on June 30, 2010, under sections 1078, 1078–2, 1078–3, and 1078–8 of this title.
(2) **Designation of loans** — Loans made to borrowers under this part that, except as otherwise specified in this part, have the same terms, conditions, and benefits as loans made to borrowers under—
(A) [section 1078 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1078&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be known as “Federal Direct Stafford Loans”;
(B) [section 1078–2 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1078-2&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be known as “Federal Direct PLUS Loans”;
(C) [section 1078–3 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1078-3&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be known as “Federal Direct Consolidation Loans”; and
(D) [section 1078–8 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title20-section1078-8&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be known as “Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans”.
(3) **Termination of authority to make interest subsidized loans and Federal Direct PLUS loans to graduate and professional students**
(A) *Termination of authority to make interest subsidized loans to graduate and professional students* — Subject to subparagraph (B), and notwithstanding any provision of this part or part B—
(i) for any period of instruction beginning on or after July 1, 2012, a graduate or profess
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 20 U.S.C. § 1087e
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
**(a) Arrest, detention, and release** On a warrant issued by the Attorney General, an alien may be arrested and detained pending a decision on whether the alien is to be removed from the United States. Except as provided in subsection (c) and pending such decision, the Attorney General—
(1) may continue to detain the arrested alien; and
(2) may release the alien on—
(A) bond of at least $1,500 with security approved by, and containing conditions prescribed by, the Attorney General; or
(B) conditional parole; but
(3) may not provide the alien with work authorization (including an “employment authorized” endorsement or other appropriate work permit), unless the alien is lawfully admitted for permanent residence or otherwise would (without regard to removal proceedings) be provided such authorization.
**(b) Revocation of bond or parole** The Attorney General at any time may revoke a bond or parole authorized under subsection (a), rearrest the alien under the original warrant, and detain the alien.
**(c) Detention of criminal aliens**
(1) **Custody** — The Attorney General shall take into custody any alien who—
(A) is inadmissible by reason of having committed any offense covered in [section 1182(a)(2) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a/2&num=0&edition=prelim),
(B) is deportable by reason of having committed any offense covered in section 1227(a)(2)(A)(ii), (A)(iii), (B), (C), or (D) of this title,
(C) is deportable under [section 1227(a)(2)(A)(i) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1227/a/2/A/i&num=0&edition=prelim) on the basis of an offense for which the alien has been sentence 11 So in original. Probably should be “sentenced”. to a te
Source: Supplied U.S. Code snapshot — release unconfirmed · 8 U.S.C. § 1226
Stored review status: release_metadata_unconfirmed. Incoming connection: Explicit cross-reference supplied in source Markdown; currentness and applicability require review.
Federal law — U.S. Code and appendices · legal_authorities
Page 422
TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1324d
added by subsection (b), applies to the preparation of
applications before, on, or after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996].’’
Amendment by section 308(g)(10)(D) of Pub. L. 104–208
effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the
first day of the first month beginning more than 180
days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 of Pub. L.
104–208, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Amendment by section 379(a) of Pub. L. 104–208 appli-
cable to orders issued on or after Sept. 30, 1996, see sec-
tion 379(b) of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under
section 1324a of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1994 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 103–416 effective as if included
in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub.
L. 101–649, see section 219(dd) of Pub. L. 103–416, set out
as a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–232 effective as if included
in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub.
L. 101–649, see section 310(1) of Pub. L. 102–232, set out
as a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE
Section applicable to persons or entities that have
committed violations on or after Nov. 29, 1990, see sec-
tion 544(d) of Pub. L. 101–649, as amended, set out as an
Effective Date of 1990 Amendment note under section
1227 of this title.
ABOLITION OF IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION
SERVICE AND TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization
Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related
references, see note set out under section 1551 of this
title.
§ 1324d. Civil penalties for failure to depart
(a) In general
Any alien subject to a final order of remov
Source: Supplied 2024 U.S. Code historical extraction · 8 U.S.C. § 1325
Stored review status: historical_2024_not_currentness_verified. Same stored citation; legal effect and authority still require review.