Risks Involved In Trying To Enter The US Illegally And What Are The Legal Consequences?

Migration has been one of the most notable phenomena that establishes a closer relationship between human beings and countries. For lawful immigration, there have been various kinds of visas and methodologies adopted around the globe, especially by the United States.

Naresh M. GehiUpdated: Mar 26, 2022, 12:24 IST
5 min read
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Migration has been one of the most notable phenomena that establishes a closer relationship between human beings and countries. For lawful immigration, there have been various kinds of visas and methodologies adopted around the globe, especially by the United States.

But can everyone afford or gain access to immigrate abiding by the legal formalities?

Among the roughly estimated 10.3 million undocumented and illegal immigrants in America, about 5,87,000 are of Indian origin.

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It has been deduced that most of the people who try to enter the U.S. illegally break through the fence with human traffickers locally termed to be Coyotes. And it is fair to assert that although there are ways to seep into the country through border fences and the coyotes are frequently available, the menacing risks involved in the unlawful procedure are more in count than the benefits of fitting inside the country for surely unfortunate reasons.

Ukraine-Russia war

With the uprise of the Ukraine-Russia conflict, it can be ascertained that there will be an increase in the number of people trying to enter through the borders without bona fide documentation or by following the protocols out of desperation to escape.

Some of the most salient reasons for illegal immigration and the need to elope from their country of inhabitance to the U.S. illegally are not different from the reasons of legitimate immigration all around the world: Better economic opportunities through employment, a desire for suitable conditions to live in terms of freedom and liberty, political oppression, reunion with astray clan members, crisis due to incurable adversities, e.g., famine, drought, etc.

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But sometimes, the individuals fail to go through the immigration procedure and thereby take the wrongful path of illegal immigration. And due to the rampant cases of such, especially in the US-Mexico border, the authorities have taken stringent measures to protect the borders and prevent causing inflation of labor supply in the domestic markets, which can potentially endanger the lives of the illegal immigrants.

The risks involved are as follows :

Exploitation by the coyotes or employers

Oftentimes, the smugglers locally named as the coyotes or the low-scale employers who promise to help the migrants cross the borders do not live up to their word. Instead, especially if the migrants are women, they sexually harass or traffick them to prostitution, as laborers, household slaves, or on farms.

Restrictive access to healthcare services

According to studies, illegal migrants tend to suffer worse in terms of both mental and physical ailments. DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) tends to allow unauthorized migrants to reside temporarily, but due to the restrictive stratagem of the United States, they are not entitled to legalized health benefits in cases of emergency.

Lack of safety leading to death

With no lawful procedure or protection, the risk-laden journey from one country to another through the fences can be threateningĄĒin fact, life-threatening. In many cases, it has caused untimely deaths by weather conditions, unfortunate accidents, escapade pursuits, or even precarious situations.

Unfair treatment in detention facilities

I.C.E. has been a subject of criticism in the light of detaining migrants. There have been numerous cases of wrongful assessment of the ages of the minors and jailing them using deportation as a reason, separating families, abuse in the private detention centers and correctional facilities. The private prisons use the undocumented migrants for productivity and profits as underpaid labor.

Criminal Penalties for entering the U.S. legally:

Subsequent to the law of the United States, illegal immigrants can be fined with a punishment of imprisonment up to six months or more.

Under Sec 8 of United States Code, Section 1325, Immigration Nationality Act, Section 275

For three or more misdemeanors involving drugs, jeopardy or felony, fine or imprisonment for up to ten years or both.

For an aggravated felony, a fine, imprisonment up to twenty years, or both.

Under Sec 8 of United States Code Section 1326, Immigration Nationality Act, Section 275: If someone is deported before fulfilling the prison sentence, may be confined for the remainder of the sentence, sans parole or administered deliverance.

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Civil penalties under Sec 8, U.S.C. Section 1325, I.N.A, Section 275.

For immigration ramifications, there is a separate ground of inadmissibility under unlawful presence in the country.

What is a tragic state of affairs is that many immigrants who come to the United States illegally come under desperate needs innocuously, and they do not deserve such a deplorable fate. Therefore, the authorities should put procedures devised specifically for the less privileged into action.

Attribution: Naresh M. Gehi, Esq. is an Indo-US Lawyer and the Director of Gehis Immigration and International Legal Services based in Mumbai, India, and is an expert in complex Immigration strategies, M&AĄ¯s (expansion, take-overs), foreign investments, optimization of tax benefits, cross-border investment and tax issues.

Currently, he is the chief advisor to the President of Suriname, and he has been representing eminent Indians and U.S. individuals in their international immigration & legal matters.

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