Supreme Court Upholds Law Criminalizing Encouragement of Illegal Immigration

The Supreme Court upheld a federal law used to prosecute those who encourage illegal immigration.
The case involved a California man who falsely offered adult adoptions that would lead to US citizenship.
The law states that a person who encourages or induces someone without US citizenship to come or stay in the US illegally can be punished with up to five years in prison.
The majority of judges rejected the argument that the law is too broad and violates the Constitution.
The defendant, Helaman Hansen, was convicted of incitement and fraud and sentenced to 10 and 20 years in prison, respectively.