“To amend title 18, United States Code, to establish a criminal penalty for obstructing immigration enforcement activities.”
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This section establishes a new criminal offense in 18 U.S.C. §1522 for obstructing immigration enforcement activities. The offense occurs when a person, after receiving a verbal warning not to approach from a known or reasonably identifiable federal immigration enforcement officer (i.e., any U.S. officer, agent, or employee authorized to prevent, detect, investigate, or prosecute federal immigration law violations) engaged in a lawful duty, knowingly approaches or remains within 25 feet with intent to (1) impede or interfere with the officer's performance of that duty, (2) threaten the officer with physical harm, or (3) harass the officer (i.e., knowingly engage in a course of conduct intentionally causing substantial emotional distress with no legitimate purpose). Violators are subject to a fine, imprisonment for not more than 5 years, or both.