No Coyote Cash Act

Bill: 118-s-381
Sponsor: full_name: Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL]
Introduced: 2023-02-09
Policy area: Immigration
Latest action: action_date: 2023-02-09
text: Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.

Summaries:
action_date: 2023-02-09
action_desc: Introduced in Senate
text: <p><b>No Coyote Cash Act</b></p> <p>This bill makes it a crime to transmit money or any item of value with the intent to finance the unlawful entry of a non-U.S. national (<i>alien</i> under federal law) into the United States. Violators are subject to a fine equal to the value of the transmitted property, up to one year in prison, or both.</p> <p>Additionally, the bill makes a non-U.S. national who violates this prohibition inadmissible and deportable.</p> <p>Current law criminalizes certain conduct related to bringing a non-U.S. national into the United States and transporting, harboring, concealing, or shielding such an individual within the United States from detection by immigration authorities while knowing or in reckless disregard that the individual entered unlawfully.</p>

tv_txt: II 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 381 IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES February 9, 2023 Mr. Rubio (for himself, Mr. Marshall , Mr. Braun , Ms. Lummis , Mr. Cruz , Mrs. Britt , and Mr. Wicker ) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary A BILL To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to include a criminal penalty and a ground of removability for financing the unlawful entry of an alien into the United States.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the No Coyote Cash Act . 2. Criminal penalty and removability for financing unlawful entry (a) In general Chapter 8 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1321 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after section 274D the following: 274E. Financing unlawful entry Any person who transmits money, property, or any item of value through interstate commerce with the intent to finance a violation of section 273, 274, 275, 276, or 277 shall be fined the value of the transmitted money, property, or item of value, imprisoned not more than 1 year, or both. . (b) Inadmissibility Section 212(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1182(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (J) Financing unlawful entry Any alien who has been convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts that constitute the elements of an offense under section 274E is inadmissible. . (c) Deportability Section 237(a)(2) of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1227(a)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (G) Financing unlawful entry Any alien who has been convicted of, admits having committed, or admits committing acts that constitute the elements of an offense under section 274E is deportable. . (d) Conforming amendment The table of contents for the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq. ) is amended by inserting after the item relating to section 274D the following: Sec. 274E. Financing unlawful entry. .