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ICE Obstruction Charges

Federal prosecutors rely on various statutes to prosecute people who obstruct ICE operations, with penalties ranging from misdemeanors to multi-year felonies.

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What federal statutes are used to prosecute obstruction of ICE operations and what penalties do they carry?

Federal prosecutors rely on a mix of general criminal statutes in Title 18 and immigration-specific statutes in Title 8 to prosecute people who obstruct ICE operations, most commonly 18 U.S.C. § 111 (...