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(c)8 U.S.C. § 1324a – Unlawful employment of aliens(i)“It is unlawful for a person or other entity…to hire, orto recruit or refer for a fee, for employment in theUnited States an alien knowing the alien is anunauthorized alien” 8 U.S.C. § 1324a(a)(1)(d)8 U.S.C. § 1324c – Penalties for document fraud(i)“It is unlawful for any person or entity knowingly—(1) to forge, counterfeit, alter, or falsely make anydocument for the purpose of satisfying a requirementof this Act or to obtain a benefit under this Act,(2) to use, attempt to use, possess, obtain, accept, orreceive or to provide any forged, counterfeit, altered,or falsely made document in order to satisfy anyrequirement of this Act or to obtain a benefit under thisAct” 8 U.S.C. § 1324c(a)(ii)(iii)A civil penalty under this statute does not violateDouble Jeopardy Clause when assessed after acriminal conviction for same conduct. Noriega-Perezv. United States, 179 F.3d 1166 (9th Cir. 1999)Criminal prosecution of lawyers(1) In July 2004, Manlin Chee, an immigrationlawyer in Greensboro, NC, was indicted onfederal charges of conspiring to provide falsedocumentation as well harboring a fugitive.Arraignment Will Be Reset For Accused CheeHelpers, NEWS & RECORD (Greensboro, NC),July 7, 2004, at B2. In November 2004, Ms.Chee pleaded guilty to conspiring to defraud theUnited States by submitting false paperwork onbehalf of immigrant clients. Jim Schlosser,Chee’s Backers Buy Ad, NEWS & RECORD(Greensboro, NC), Jan. 17, 2005, at B1(e)8 U.S.C. § 1325 – Improper entry by alien; marriage fraud;immigration-related entrepreneurship fraud13us\JUCEARO\7667714.1
(i)“Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter theUnited States at any time or place other than asdesignated by immigration officers, or (2) eludesexamination or inspection by immigration officers, or(3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the UnitedStates by a willfully false or misleading representationor the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, forthe first commission of any such offense, be finedunder title 18, United States Code, or imprisoned notmore than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequentcommission of any such offense, be fined under title18, United States Code, or imprisoned not more than 2years, or both.” 8 U.S.C. § 1325 (a)(ii)See Boyle v. People, No. 02PDJ067, 2004 Colo.Discipl. LEXIS 31 (Colo. Sup. Ct. May 12, 2004) –immigration attorney disbarred for improperlyinstructing his client to enter country on B-1 visitor’svisa, knowing client intended to obtain employment,thus ineligible for B-1 visa and falsifying laborcertifications on behalf of clients was reinstated(f)8 U.S.C. § 1326 – unlawful reentry after deportation orremoval(i)“any alien who—(1) has been denied admission, excluded, deported, orremoved or has departed the United States while anorder of exclusion, deportation, or removal isoutstanding, and thereafter(2) enters, attempts to enter, or is at any time found in,the United States, unless (A) prior to his reembarkationat a place outside the United States or his applicationfor admission from foreign contiguous territory, theAttorney General has expressly consented to suchalien's reapplying for admission; or (B) with respect toan alien previously denied admission and removed,unless such alien shall establish that he was notrequired to obtain such advance consent under this orany prior Act,14us\JUCEARO\7667714.1
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