Prosecution for immigration crimes, especially illegal reentry after removal, have risen sharply across the country in the last several years. The crime of illegal reentry is found in Title 8 of the United States Code of Laws, Section 1326, and it states that any alien who has been formally removed or excluded from the United States, and who thereafter has entered, attempted to enter or has been found in the United States, without first obtaining consent from the Attorney General to reapply for admission, is guilty of a crime.
Immigration law is highly complex. To properly defend a...