Big City Mayors (and City Councils) Being “Warned” over Illegal Aliens: Title 8, United States Code §1324

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Being "Warned" over Illegal Aliens

Whispers emanating from Trump Tower will send shivers down the spines of several Big City Mayors and police Chiefs: failure to comply with Trump Administration efforts to deport illegal aliens can mean being JAILED under 8 USC §1324.

Perhaps the cornerstone of Donald Trump's campaign for President, the Deportation of Illegal Immigrants was certainly one of the biggest issues on which Trump sought election. He won. Now, a whole slew of big city Mayors who have been coddling illegal immigrants for decades, face the reality that such immigrants are actually going to be rounded-up and deported.

Rather than stand with their own country, many of these Mayors are openly announcing they will not only oppose such efforts, they will take actions to thwart federal enforcement efforts!

These loud public pronouncements have been met with a chilling whisper: "Title 8 United States Code §1324." Resisting or thwarting federal efforts will see Mayors, City Council members and even police Chiefs JAILED.

New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio is one glaring example. New York created a "state citizenship" program in order to provide government-issued photo ID to "undocumented" immigrants in the city.

While the US Constitution grants unto Congress the sole authority to legislate immigration, New York went ahead and did this nonetheless. No one in the Obama Administration challenged it in court.

When New York's law was enacted, upwards of 800,000 "undocumented" immigrants applied for and received New York State issued Photo Identification. New York City has the database with those names, addresses and photos.

At a recent press gathering, Mayor DeBlasio was asked if the city would turn over that database to the federal government so the Trump Administration could enforce immigration law and the Mayor reportedly said the City was considering deleting that data rather than turn it over!

If that wasn't arrogant enough, the Mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel boldly went on television in that city and declared "Chicago will always be a Sanctuary City."

Later, the Police Chief of Los Angeles stated his department will not participate in federal deportation efforts.

Soon after, Newark, NJ and Boston, MA chimed-in. Last night even New Jersey Mayor Brian Stack of Union City, NJ, made clear his city would not participate in federal deportation efforts.

Early this morning, word was quietly leaked from Trump Tower here in New York. The words were "Title 8, United States Code, Sub-Section (§) 1324"

The Law

Title 8 §1324 makes it a federal crime to "harbor or conceal" illegal aliens. The short and sweet of it is this:

"Any person who, knowing or in reckless disregard of the fact that an alien has come to, entered, or remains in the United States in violation of the law, conceals, harbors or shields from detection such alien . . ." shall be fined under Title 18 and IMPRISONED for not more than 5 years."

So these Mayors, City Council Members, Police Chiefs and the like who are out in public boldly declaring what they will or will not do, are very likely to find themselves under arrest and in federal lock-up if push comes to shove.

While Trump made clear on the campaign trail that he would cut federal funding of Sanctuary cities, it seems they now want to make very clear that cutting-off money is NOT the only remedy they have. The fact that this information about 8 USC 1324 was leaked this morning to SuperStation95 is an indication that Trump intends to keep his campaign promise; and anyone who refuses to obey the law of the land may find themselves in a world of legal hurt.

So if New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio was to take steps to intentionally DELETE the database of "undocumented" aliens in his city, that would be TWO intentional acts:

to "Harbor" and to "conceal"

illegal aliens, making DeBlasio — and everyone who carried out his Order — subject to arrest!

In the same fashion, any City Council members who REFUSE to vote to repeal "Sanctuary City" laws, will have then taken a deliberate step to "Harbor" illegal aliens, making each of those City Council members subject to arrest.

It gets worse for Police Chiefs. Police Chiefs are the leaders of quasi-military, armed forces. If any Police Chief were to refuse to obey the laws of the United States, he could find himself charged with being in "Armed Insurrection" and his police department could find itself surrounded by US troops to "quell" such insurrection!

It is clear to most, that push is going to come to shove over this issue. What folks on the liberal left do not yet seem to grasp is that Trump WILL enforce the law.

There is no doubt about it.

That probably means that someone is "going to be made an example of" so the rest fall in line.

Just who ends up in federal lock-up as that "example" remains to be seen.

""" 8 U.S.C. § 1324 : US Code – Section 1324: Bringing in and harboring certain aliens –

(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.

(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 States or 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.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 274, 66 Stat. 228; Pub. L. 95–582, § 2, Nov. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 2479; Pub. L. 97–116, § 12, Dec. 29, 1981, 95 Stat. 1617; Pub. L. 99–603, title I, § 112, Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3381; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(d), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2610; Pub. L. 103–322, title VI, § 60024, Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 1981; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title II, §§ 203(a)–(d), 219, title VI, § 671(a)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–565, 3009–566, 3009–574, 3009–720; Pub. L. 106–185, § 18(a), Apr. 25, 2000, 114 Stat. 222; Pub. L. 108–458, title V, § 5401, Dec. 17, 2004, 118 Stat. 3737; Pub. L. 109–97, title VII, § 796, Nov. 10, 2005, 119 Stat. 2165.