Harbouring a criminal alien is ILLEGAL.
NO ONE IS ABOVE THE LAW…NOT EVEN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS OR THOSE WHO HARBOUR THEM!
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8 U.S. Code § 1324 - Bringing in and harboring certain aliens
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(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 subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), or (iv) in which the offense was done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both;
(ii)
in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(ii), (iii), (iv), or (v)(II), be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both;
(iii)
in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) during and in relation to which the person causes serious bodily injury (as defined in
section 1365 of title 18) to, or places in jeopardy the life of, any person, be fined under title 18, imprisoned not more than 20 years, or both; and
(iv)
in the case of a violation of subparagraph (A)(i), (ii), (iii), (iv), or (v) resulting in the death of any person, be punished by death or imprisoned for any term of years or for life, fined under title 18, or both.
(C)
It is not a violation of clauses 
[1] (ii) or (iii) of subparagraph (A), or of clause (iv) of subparagraph (A) except where a person encourages or induces an
alien to come to or enter the
United States, for a religious denomination having a bona fide nonprofit, religious
organization in the
United States, or the agents or officers of such denomination or
organization,to encourage, invite, call, allow, or enable an
alien who is present in the
United States to perform the vocation of a minister or missionary for the denomination or
organization in the
United States as a volunteer who is not compensated as an employee, notwithstanding the provision of room, board, travel, medical assistance, and other basic living expenses, provided the minister or missionary has been a member of the denomination for at least one year.
(2)Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an
alien has not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the
United States, brings to or attempts to bring to the
United States in any manner whatsoever, such
alien,regardless of any official action which may later be taken with respect to such
alien shall, for each
alien in respect to whom a violation of this paragraph occurs—
(A)
be fined in accordance with title 18 or imprisoned not more than one year, or both; or
(B)in the case of—
(i)
an offense committed with the intent or with reason to believe that the
alien unlawfully brought into the
United States will commit an offense against the
United States or any
State punishable by imprisonment for more than 1 year,
(ii)
an offense done for the purpose of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or
(iii)
an offense in which the
alien is not upon arrival immediately brought and presented to an appropriate
immigration officer at a designated port of entry,
be fined under title 18 and shall be imprisoned, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(iii), not more than 10 years, in the case of a first or second violation of subparagraph (B)(i) or (B)(ii), not less than 3 nor more than 10 years, and for any other violation, not less than 5 nor more than 15 years.
(3)
(A)
Any person who, during any 12-month period, knowingly hires for employment at least 10 individuals with actual knowledge that the individuals are
aliens described in subparagraph (B) shall be fined under title 18 or imprisoned for not more than 5 years, or both.
(B)An
alien described in this subparagraph is an
alien who—
(i)
is an unauthorized
alien (as defined in
section 1324a(h)(3) of this title), and
(ii)
has been brought into the
United States in violation of this subsection.
(4)In the case of a person who has brought
aliens into the
United States in violation of this subsection, the sentence otherwise provided for may be increased by up to 10 years if—
(A)
the offense was part of an ongoing commercial
organization or enterprise;
(B)
aliens were transported in groups of 10 or more; and
(C)
(i)
aliens were transported in a manner that endangered their lives; or
(ii)
the
aliens presented a life-threatening health risk to people in the
United States.
(b)Seizure and forfeiture
(1)In general
Any conveyance, including any vessel, vehicle, or aircraft, that has been or is being used in the commission of a violation of subsection (a), the gross proceeds of such violation, and any property traceable to such conveyance or proceeds, shall be seized and subject to forfeiture.
(2)Applicable procedures
Seizures and forfeitures under this subsection shall be governed by the provisions of chapter 46 of title 18 relating to civil forfeitures, including section 981(d) of such title, except that such duties as are imposed upon the Secretary of the Treasury under the customs laws described in that section shall be performed by such officers, agents, and other persons as may be designated for that purpose by the
Attorney General.
(3)Prima facie evidence in determinations of violationsIn determining whether a violation of subsection (a) has occurred, any of the following shall be prima facie evidence that an
alien involved in the alleged violation had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the
United States or that such
alien had come to, entered, or remained in the
United States in violation of law:
(A)
Records of any judicial or administrative proceeding in which that
alien’s status was an issue and in which it was determined that the
alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the
United Statesor that such
alien had come to, entered, or remained in the
United States in violation of law.
(B)
Official records of the
Service or of the Department of State showing that the
alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the
United States or that such
alien had come to, entered, or remained in the
United States in violation of law.
(C)
Testimony, by an
immigration officer having personal knowledge of the facts concerning that
alien’s status, that the
alien had not received prior official authorization to come to, enter, or reside in the
United States or that such
alien had come to, entered, or remained in the
United States in violation of law.
(c)Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the
Service designated by the
Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.
(d)Admissibility of videotaped witness testimony
Notwithstanding any provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence, the videotaped (or otherwise audiovisually preserved) deposition of a witness to a violation of subsection (a) who has been deported or otherwise expelled from the
United States, or is otherwise unable to testify, may be admitted into evidence in an action brought for that violation if the witness was available for cross examination and the deposition otherwise complies with the Federal Rules of Evidence.
(e)Outreach program
The Secretary of Homeland Security, in consultation with the
Attorney General and the Secretary of
State, as appropriate, shall develop and implement an outreach program to educate the public in the
United States and abroad about the penalties for bringing in and harboring
aliens in violation of this section.
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