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LegalText 18 U.S.C. § 1597 Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents us united_states_code code_section 18 CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE 77 PEONAGE, SLAVERY, AND TRAFFICKING IN PERSONS 1597 18 U.S.C. § 1597 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc18@119-100.zip /us/usc/t18/s1597 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-18/usc18.xml 2e917c49e0a1b380bd95fd4ff42056bfd7c355e38213d72ecc7b3032bba4c6c8 1a1bbbbdb59e376ada4eb7ad1056fd68d396679ee7ab59f0561af15006122708 4a8ed564048292a400977d36b0cadb03512043de38c5b59073995b73d516327f 2026-07-04 official
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18 U.S.C. § 1597 - Unlawful conduct with respect to immigration documents

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(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

(3) in order to, without lawful authority, maintain, prevent, or restrict the labor of services of the individual.

(b) Penalty.— Any person who violates subsection (a) shall be fined under this title, imprisoned for not more than 1 year, or both.

(c) Obstruction.— Any person who knowingly obstructs, attempts to obstruct, or in any way interferes with or prevents the enforcement of this section, shall be subject to the penalties described in subsection (b).

(Added Pub. L. 1134, title XII, § 1211(c)(1), Mar. 7, 2013, 127 Stat. 142.)