Is it a crime to transport an illegal alien out of the country on humanitarian grounds?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Aguilar, 871 F.2d 1436 (9th Cir. 1989):
Appellants also argue that the trial court erred by rejecting their suggested jury instruction that "[t]ransporting a person who one knows to be an illegal alien out of purely humanitarian concern is not a crime." Appellants cite United States v. Moreno, 561 F.2d 1321 (9th Cir.1977), as authorizing this instruction.
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