CITE
8 USC Sec. 1328 01/05/2009
EXPCITE
TITLE 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION
Part VIII - General Penalty Provisions
HEAD
Sec. 1328. Importation of alien for immoral purpose
STATUTE
The importation into the United States of any alien for the
purpose of prostitution, or for any other immoral purpose, is
forbidden. Whoever shall, directly or indirectly, import, or
attempt to import into the United States any alien for the purpose
of prostitution or for any other immoral purpose, or shall hold or
attempt to hold any alien for any such purpose in pursuance of such
illegal importation, or shall keep, maintain, control, support,
employ, or harbor in any house or other place, for the purpose of
prostitution or for any other immoral purpose, any alien, in
pursuance of such illegal importation, shall be fined under title
18, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both. The trial and
punishment of offenses under this section may be in any district to
or into which such alien is brought in pursuance of importation by
the person or persons accused, or in any district in which a
violation of any of the provisions of this section occurs. In all
prosecutions under this section, the testimony of a husband or wife
shall be admissible and competent evidence against each other.
SOURCE
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, Sec. 278, 66 Stat. 230;
Pub. L. 101-649, title V, Sec. 543(b)(5), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat.
5059.)
AMENDMENTS
1990 - Pub. L. 101-649 substituted "shall be fined under title
18, or imprisoned not more than 10 years, or both" for "shall, in
every such case, be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof
shall be punished by a fine of not more than $5,000 and by
imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years".
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 101-649 applicable to actions taken after
Nov. 29, 1990, see section 543(c) of Pub. L. 101-649, set out as a
note under section 1221 of this title.