{"id":1955479,"date":"2023-06-23T15:55:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-23T19:55:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-delivers-crushing-blow-to-those-encouraging-illegal-immigration\/"},"modified":"2023-06-23T15:55:19","modified_gmt":"2023-06-23T19:55:19","slug":"supreme-court-delivers-crushing-blow-to-those-encouraging-illegal-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supreme-court-delivers-crushing-blow-to-those-encouraging-illegal-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court deals heavy blow to pro-illegal immigration advocates."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsupreme-court-delivers-crushing-blow-to-those-encouraging-illegal-immigration%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1955479&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Supreme Court Delivers Crushing Blow to Those Encouraging Illegal Immigration<\/h2>\n<p>The Supreme Court on Friday upheld a section of a federal law used to prosecute people who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cotton-bidens-border-crisis-is-a-superspreader-event\/\" title=\"Cotton: \u2018Biden\u2019s Border Crisis Is A Superspreader Event\u2019\">encourage illegal immigration<\/a>, ruling against a California man who offered adult adoptions he falsely claimed would lead to U.S. citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The court, by a 7-2 vote, rejected arguments that the law is too broad and violates the Constitution.<\/p>\n<p>The case involves a section of federal immigration law that says a person who \u201cencourages or induces\u201d a non-citizen to come to or remain in the United States illegally can be punished by up to five years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s increased to 10 years if the person doing the encouraging is doing so for personal financial gain.<\/p>\n<p>The case in front of the court involved Helaman Hansen, who lived in Elk Grove, California, near Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>The federal government says that from 2012 to 2016, Hansen deceived hundreds of non-citizens into believing that he could guarantee them a path to citizenship through adult adoption.<\/p>\n<p>Based on Hansen\u2019s promises, officials say, people either came to or stayed in the United States in violation of the law, even though Hansen knew that the adult adoptions he was arranging would not lead to citizenship.<\/p>\n<p>The government says that at least 471 people paid him between $550 and $10,000 each and that he collected more than $1.8 million in total.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Is illegal immigration becoming a bigger problem in America?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"firefly-poll-disclaimer\">Completing this poll entitles you to The Western Journal news updates free of charge. You may opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Hansen was ultimately convicted of encouragement charges as well as fraud charges.<\/p>\n<p>He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the encouragement charges and another 20 years on the fraud charges.<\/p>\n<p>But, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/second-amendment-activists-prevail-in-federal-court\/\" title=\"Second Amendment Activists Prevail in Federal Court\u00a0\">federal appeals court ruled<\/a> that the law on encouragement is overbroad and violates the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ohio-professor-who-refused-to-use-students-preferred-pronouns-can-sue-university-after-being-disciplined-federal-appeals-court-rules\/\" title=\"Ohio Professor Who Refused To Use Student\u2019s Preferred Pronouns Can Sue University After Being Disciplined, Federal Appeals Court Rules\">free speech clause<\/a> of the First Amendment and overturned just those convictions.<\/p>\n<p>The case is United States v. Helaman Hansen, 22-179.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/ap-supreme-court-delivers-crushing-blow-encouraging-illegal-immigration\/\">Supreme Court Delivers Crushing Blow to Those Encouraging Illegal Immigration<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Supreme Court upheld a federal law that prosecutes those who promote illegal immigration. A California man, who falsely promised U.S. citizenship through adult adoptions, lost his case. 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