                 TITLE 18--CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
 
                             PART I--CRIMES
 
                      CHAPTER 35--ESCAPE AND RESCUE
 
Sec. 758. High speed flight from immigration checkpoint

    Whoever flees or evades a checkpoint operated by the Immigration and 
Naturalization Service, or any other Federal law enforcement agency, in 
a motor vehicle and flees Federal, State, or local law enforcement 
agents in excess of the legal speed limit shall be fined under this 
title, imprisoned not more than five years, or both.

(Added Pub. L. 104-208, div. C, title I, Sec. 108(b)(1), Sept. 30, 1996, 
110 Stat. 3009-557.)


                         Congressional Findings

    Section 108(a) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: ``The 
Congress finds as follows:
        ``(1) Immigration checkpoints are an important component of the 
    national strategy to prevent illegal immigration.
        ``(2) Individuals fleeing immigration checkpoints and leading 
    law enforcement officials on high speed vehicle chases endanger law 
    enforcement officers, innocent bystanders, and the fleeing 
    individuals themselves.
        ``(3) The pursuit of suspects fleeing immigration checkpoints is 
    complicated by overlapping jurisdiction among Federal, State, and 
    local law enforcement officers.''

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in title 8 section 1227.
