Criminalizes the act of engaging in any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location outside of New York state to a location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries or to transport an undocumented immigrant from any location within New York state to another location within New York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any municipality or federal property located wholly within New York state boundaries.
STATE OF NEW YORK
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6169
2025-2026 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
February 26, 2025
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Introduced by M. of A. LEMONDES -- read once and referred to the Commit-
tee on Codes
AN ACT to amend the penal law, in relation to establishing the offense
of migrant trafficking
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem-bly, do enact as follows:
1 Section 1. This act shall be known and may be cited as the "stop
2 migrant trafficking act".
3 § 2. The penal law is amended by adding a new section 135.38 to read
4 as follows:
5 § 135.38 Migrant trafficking.
6 1. A person is guilty of migrant trafficking if such person engages in
7 any scheme, plan or pattern to transport an undocumented immigrant from:
8 (a) any location outside of New York state to a location within New
9 York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any munici-
10 pality or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda-
11 ries; or
12 (b) any location within New York state to another location within New
13 York state with the intent of dropping such person off in any munici-
14 pality or federal property located wholly within New York state bounda-
15 ries.
16 2. As used in this section, "person" means a natural person, a compa-
17 ny, society, association, corporation, manager, contractor, subcontrac-
18 tor, partnership, bureau, agency, service, office or the agent or
19 employee of the foregoing.
20 Migrant trafficking is a class C felony.
21 § 3. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
22 have become a law. Effective immediately, the addition, amendment and/or
23 repeal of any rule or regulation necessary for the implementation of
24 this act on its effective date are authorized to be made and completed
25 on or before such effective date.
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[] is old law to be omitted.
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