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8 U.S.C. § 1287 — Alien crewmen brought into the United States with intent to evade immigration laws; penalties
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Any person, including the owner, agent, consignee, master, or commanding officer of any vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof, who shall knowingly sign on the vessel’s articles, or bring to the United States as one of the crew of such vessel or aircraft, any alien, with intent to permit or assist such alien to enter or land in the United States in violation of law, or who shall falsely and knowingly represent to a consular officer at the time of application for visa, or to the immigration officer at the port of arrival in the United States, that such alien is a bona fide member of the crew employed in any capacity regularly required for normal operation and services aboard such vessel or aircraft, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each such violation, for which sum such vessel or aircraft shall be liable and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense.
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Any person, including the owner, agent, consignee, master, or commanding officer of any vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States from any place outside thereof, who shall knowingly sign on the vessel’s articles, or bring to the United States as one of the crew of such vessel or aircraft, any alien, with intent to permit or assist such alien to enter or land in the United States in violation of law, or who shall falsely and knowingly represent to a consular officer at the time of application for visa, or to the immigration officer at the port of arrival in the United States, that such alien is a bona fide member of the crew employed in any capacity regularly required for normal operation and services aboard such vessel or aircraft, shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each such violation, for which sum such vessel or aircraft shall be liable and may be seized and proceeded against by way of libel in any district court of the United States having jurisdiction of the offense.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(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
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### Statutory Notes
Sections 137b to 137d, act Mar. 17, 1932, ch. 85, §§ 1–3, 47 Stat. 67, related to alien musicians. See [section 1182(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 138, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 4, 39 Stat. 878, related to importation of aliens for immoral purposes. See sections 1326, 1328 and 1329 of this title.
Section 139, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 5, 39 Stat. 879, related to contract laborers. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 140, acts Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1210, § 1, 25 Stat. 566; Apr. 28, 1904, Pub. R. 33, 33 Stat. 591; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737, related to rewards to informer.
Section 141, act Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 2, 23 Stat. 332, related to validity of contracts for labor of aliens made before importation.
Section 142, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 6, 39 Stat. 879, related to advertisement of employment. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 143, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 7, 39 Stat. 879, related to solicitation of immigration by transportation companies. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 144, acts Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 8, 39 Stat. 880; Mar. 20, 1952, ch. 108, § 1, 66 Stat. 26, related to bringing in or harboring certain aliens. See [section 1324(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 145, acts Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, §
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1287
district in which the violation occurred the sum of
$1,000’’ in second sentence, ‘‘Commissioner’’ for ‘‘col-
lector of customs’’ in third sentence, and ‘‘$1,500’’ for
‘‘$500’’ in fourth sentence.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–649 applicable to actions
taken after Nov. 29, 1990, see section 543(c) of Pub. L.
101–649, set out as a note under section 1221 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.
§ 1287. Alien crewmen brought into the United
States with intent to evade immigration
laws; penalties
Any person, including the owner, agent, con-
signee, master, or commanding officer of any
vessel or aircraft arriving in the United States
from any place outside thereof, who shall know-
ingly sign on the vessel’s articles, or bring to
the United States as one of the crew of such ves-
sel or aircraft, any alien, with intent to permit
or assist such alien to enter or land in the
United States in violation of law, or who shall
falsely and knowingly represent to a consular
officer at the time of application for visa, or to
the immigration officer at the port of arrival in
the United States, that such alien is a bona fide
member of the crew employed in any capacity
regularly required for normal operation and
services aboard such vessel or aircraft, shall be
liable to a penalty not exceeding $10,000 for each
such violation, for which sum such vessel or air-
craft shall be liable and may be seized and pro-
ceeded against by way
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