18 U.S.C. § 1597 Unlawful Conduct With Respect to Immigration Documents

• Library: U.S. Code
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.L. 118-34 (published on www.congress.gov on 12/26/2023), except for [P. L. 118-31]
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 18 U.S.C. § 1597

(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 or section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324 );

(2) with intent to violate section 1351 of this title or section 274 of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1324 ); or