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18 U.S.C. § 1597 — Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents

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18 U.S.C. § 1597 — Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents

**(a) Destruction, Concealment, Removal, Confiscation, or Possession of Immigration Documents.—** It shall be unlawful for any person to knowingly destroy, conceal, remove, confiscate, or possess, an actual or purported passport or other immigration document of another individual— (1) in the course of violating [section 1351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim) or section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1324](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324&num=0&edition=prelim)); (2) with intent to violate [section 1351 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title18-section1351&num=0&edition=prelim) or section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ([8 U.S.C. 1324](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324&num=0&edition=prelim)); or (3) in order to, without lawful authority, maintain, prevent, or restrict the labor of services of the individual. **(b) Penalty.—** Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both. **(c) Obstruction.—** Any person who knowingly obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties described in subsection (b).

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18 U.S.C. § 1351 — Fraud in foreign labor contracting

**(a) Work Inside the United States.—** Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment in the United States by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations or promises regarding that employment shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both. **(b) Work Outside the United States.—** Whoever knowingly and with intent to defraud recruits, solicits, or hires a person outside the United States or causes another person to recruit, solicit, or hire a person outside the United States, or attempts to do so, for purposes of employment performed on a United States Government contract performed outside the United States, or on a United States military installation or mission outside the United States or other property or premises outside the United States owned or controlled by the United States Government, by means of materially false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises regarding that employment, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.

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8 U.S.C. § 1324 — Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

**(a) Criminal penalties** (1) (A) Any person who— (i) knowing that a person is an alien, brings to or attempts to bring to the United States in any manner whatsoever such person at a place other than a designated port of entry or place other than as designated by the Commissioner, regardless of whether such alien has received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the United States and regardless of any future official action which may be taken with respect to such alien; (ii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, transports, or moves or attempts to transport or move such alien within the United States by means of transportation or otherwise, in furtherance of such violation of law; (iii) knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of law, conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, such alien in any place, including any building or any means of transportation; (iv) encourages or induces an alien to come to, enter, or reside in the United States, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that such coming to, entry, or residence is or will be in violation of law; or (v) (I) engages in any conspiracy to commit any of the preceding acts, or (II) aids or abets the commission of any of the preceding acts, shall be punished as provided in subparagraph (B). (B) A person who violates subparagraph (A) shall, for each alien in respect to whom such a violation occurs— (i) in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i) or (v)(I) or in the case of a violation of subp

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18 U.S.C. § 1597 — Unlawful conduct with respect to immi-

Page 416 TITLE 18—CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE § 1595A Editorial Notes AMENDMENTS 2023—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 117–347 inserted ‘‘or at- tempts or conspires to benefit,’’ after ‘‘whoever know- ingly benefits,’’. 2018—Subsecs. (b)(1), (c). Pub. L. 115–164, § 6(b), sub- stituted ‘‘subsection (a)’’ for ‘‘this section’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 115–164, § 6(a), added subsec. (d). 2015—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 114–22 substituted ‘‘not later than the later of—’’ for ‘‘not later than 10 years after the cause of action arose.’’ and added pars. (1) and (2). 2008—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–457, § 221(2)(A), struck out ‘‘of section 1589, 1590, or 1591’’ after ‘‘victim of a violation’’ and inserted ‘‘(or whoever knowingly bene- fits, financially or by receiving anything of value from participation in a venture which that person knew or should have known has engaged in an act in violation of this chapter)’’ after ‘‘perpetrator’’. Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 110–457, § 221(2)(B), added subsec. (c). § 1595A. Civil injunctions (a) IN GENERAL.—Whenever it shall appear that any person is engaged or is about to engage in any act that constitutes or will constitute a violation of this chapter, chapter 110, or chapter 117, or a conspiracy under section 371 to commit a violation of this chapter, chapter 110, or chap- ter 117, the Attorney General may bring a civil action in a district court of the United States seeking an order to enjoin such act. (b) ACTION BY COURT.—The court shall proceed as soon as practicable to the hearing and deter- mination of a civil action brought under sub- section (a), and may, at any time before final de- termination, enter such a restraining order or prohibition, or take such other action, as is war- ranted to prevent a continuing and substantial inj

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8 U.S.C. § 1324 — Bringing in and harboring certain aliens

Page 396 TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY § 1324 Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–208, § 671(b)(7), made technical amendment to directory language of Pub. L. 103–416, § 209(a)(1). See 1994 Amendment note below. Pub. L. 104–208, § 671(b)(6), substituted ‘‘remains’’ for ‘‘remain’’. Subsec. (d). Pub. L. 104–208, § 371(b)(8), substituted ‘‘immigration judges’’ for ‘‘special inquiry officers’’. Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(e)(13), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: ‘‘The owner, charterer, agent, consignee, commanding officer, or master of any vessel or aircraft arriving at the United States from any place outside the United States who fails to deport any alien stowaway on the vessel or aircraft on which such stow- away arrived or on another vessel or aircraft at the ex- pense of the vessel or aircraft on which such stowaway arrived when required to do so by an immigration offi- cer, shall pay to the Commissioner a fine of $3,000 for each alien stowaway, in respect of whom any such fail- ure occurs. Pending final determination of liability for such fine, no such vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance, except that clearance may be granted upon the deposit of an amount sufficient to cover such fine, or of a bond with sufficient surety to secure the pay- ment thereof approved by the Commissioner. The pro- visions of section 1225 of this title for detention of aliens for examination before immigration judges and the right of appeal provided for in section 1226 of this title shall not apply to aliens who arrive as stowaways and no such alien shall be permitted to land in the United States, except temporarily for medical treat- ment, or pursuant to such regulations as the Attorney General may prescribe for the ultimate departure or re- moval or deportation

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