What US Title 18 - 18 USC 1546 Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits, and Other Documents requires
18 USC 1546 titled 'Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents' is the principal federal criminal statute addressing immigration document fraud and material false statements in immigration applications. Subsection (a) criminalizes a series of acts when done knowingly: forging, counterfeiting, altering, or falsely making any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document prescribed by statute or regulation for entry into or as evidence of authorized stay or employment in the United States; possessing, using, or accepting any such document knowing it to be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made or to have been procured by means of any false claim or statement or to have been otherwise procured by fraud or unlawfully obtained; possessing or knowingly making any unauthorized blank permit; possessing or making any plate, stone, or other thing, or any part thereof, with which a permit might be forged, counterfeited, altered, or falsely made; making any false statement under oath in any immigration application, affidavit, or other document required by the immigration laws or regulations; impersonating any other person in any immigration matter, or appearing in any name other than one's own. Subsection (b) addresses the use of false identification documents or attestations to satisfy employment-eligibility verification requirements under section 274A(b) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. The penalty structure is tiered: imprisonment of not more than 25 years if the offense was committed to facilitate an act of international terrorism (as defined in 18 USC 2331); not more than 20 years if committed to facilitate a drug trafficking crime (as defined in 18 USC 929(a)); not more than 10 years in the case of the first or second such offense if the offense was not committed to facilitate either an act of terrorism or a drug trafficking crime; and not more than 15 years in the case of any other offense. The statute exempts lawfully authorized investigative, protective, or intelligence activity by law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Pillar: Immigration & Border Control · Authority: US Congress / Department of Justice / Department of Homeland Security / Federal Bureau of Investigation · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/1546
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- 18 USC 1546 - Fraud and misuse of visas, permits, and other documents - statutory text at https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/18/1546
- 18 USC 1546(a) - knowingly forging, counterfeiting, altering, or falsely making any immigrant or nonimmigrant visa, permit, border crossing card, alien registration receipt card, or other document; knowingly possessing, using, or accepting known false such documents; unauthorized blank permits or device-making implements; false statements under oath in immigration applications; impersonation in immigration matters
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