The Supreme Court is considering the Biden administration’s appeal of the law that makes it a crime to encourage migrants to stay in the country illegally.
Illegal Immigration: US Supreme Court to ban ‘encouraging” illegal immigrants in the country. (PHOTO: Los Angeles Times)
Illegal Immigration: US Supreme Court to consider a prohibition on allowing illegal immigration in the Country.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice on Monday appeared to uphold a federal law that made it a crime to encourage illegal immigration after it was struck down by a lower court because it is a violation of free speech rights. The justices heard the Biden administration’s petition, saying it violated free speech protections under the Constitution’s First Amendment. Some members of the court appeal whether the law was extensive, and could outlaw protected speech.
Supreme Court to ban Illegal Immigrants to enter the Country
Helaman Hansen’s case, from 2012 to 2016 ran a program where he was charged $10,000 for claiming and deceiving undocumented immigrants could become gain US citizenship through an adult adoption service and persuaded 471 people to participate. In 2017, during his trial, he was sentenced to two counts of violating a federal law that interdicts in allowing unlawful immigration. He was also convicted of 12 counts of mail fraud and 3 counts of wire fraud. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. San Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court dominates that struck the law down in February 2022, saying that it could lead to someone’s being convicted by just saying “I encourage you to reside in the United States”.
During the oral arguments, some justices rebounded those concerns, with Justice Brett Kavanaugh doubting whether someone could be convicted for helping illegal immigrants reside in the US. Justice Sonia Sotomayor added that the law is “criminalizing words related to immigration.”
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