Id. at
1004. In United States v. Cuevas-Reyes, the Third Circuit
reaffirmed that shielding an undocumented person includes
affirmative conduct (such as providing shelter,
transportation, direction about how to obtain false
documents, or warnings about impending investigations) that
facilitates the person's continuing illegal presence in the
U.S. 572 F.3d at 122. The circuit court held that the
defendant's actions (taking undocumented people from the U.S.
to the Dominican Republic in his private plane) were
undertaken for the purpose of removing them from the U.S.,
not helping them remain in the U.S. Id. It noted that the
goal of Section 1324 is to prevent undocumented individuals
from entering or remaining illegally in the U.S. by punishing
those that shield or harbor. Id. It asserted that punishing a
defendant for helping individuals without legal status leave
the U.S. would be contrary to that goal. Id. More recently, the Third Circuit reiterated that
``harboring'' requires some act that obstructs the
government's ability to discover the undocumented person and
that it is highly unlikely that landlords renting apartments
to people lacking lawful status could, without more, satisfy
the court's definition of harboring. Delrio-Mocci, 672 F.3d
at 246 (citing Lozano v. City of Hazleton, 620 F.3d 170, 223
(3d Cir 2010)).
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