Border & Immigration Crimes
Alien smuggling, illegal re-entry and border searches. 43 articles and videos.
- San Diego Alien Smuggling AttorneyGuide
Charged with alien smuggling in San Diego? Attorney Anton Vialtsin at LAWSTACHE Law Firm has direct experience defending 8 USC 1324 charges in the…
- Craigslist Child Enticement Sting: How Federal Agents Caught One of Their Own (ICE Supervisor)April 29, 2026 · ▶ Video
ICE supervisor caught in a sting, nearly 100 text messages, and 135-month
- Border Patrol Tracked Him in Real Time & His Old Guilty Plea Buried Him in the New CrimeMarch 4, 2026 · ▶ Video
Border Patrol agents ran a real-time records check that pulled the car's travel history, checkpoint records, and registration data
- Border Patrol Tracked Him in Real Time & His Old Guilty Plea Buried Him in the New CrimeMarch 4, 2026 · ▶ Video
Border Patrol agents ran a real-time records check that pulled the car's travel history, checkpoint records, and registration data
- New 2025 Federal Sentencing Guidelines Just Changed Everything for Drug Cases. Are You Eligible?December 24, 2025 · ▶ Video
Transporting drugs across San Diego-Mexico border, 2025 federal sentencing guideline amendments significantly reduce your prison exposure
- Tom Homan claims ICE officers ‘don’t need probable cause’ to ‘briefly detain’ people. Is that true?July 16, 2025 · ▶ Video
🚨 USA v. Bejar-Guizar (2025) – Border Patrol Stop & 9th Circuit Immigration Ruling Explained 🚨 In this video, we break down the 9th Circuit Court of…
- Can You Refuse to Talk, Cooperate, Open the Door to Police or ICE While on Parole or Probation?July 2, 2025 · ▶ Video
The Fifth Amendment’s privilege against selfincrimination generally applies only to those who “claim it.” Saechao, 418 F.3d at 1077 (quotation…
- ICE’s “Knock and Arrest” Tactics Deemed Unconstitutional – Do NOT Enter Curtilage Without a WarrantJune 18, 2025 · ▶ Video
While “knock and talks”—as defined by the United States Supreme Court—are considered constitutional, “knock and talks”—as defined and executed by U.S.…
- 58% less FRAUD prosecutions. FBI’s new focus on Trump’s immigration crackdown. “Loss” in FRAUD casesMay 28, 2025 · ▶ Video
The latest government case-by-case records reveal that as of March 31, 2025, federal efforts to prosecute white-collar crimes have continued to decline…
- Immigration Pulled Over a Car Because the Occupants Were Hispanic and “Kind of Dirty Looking.”April 16, 2025 · ▶ Video
The starting point for our analysis of whether the INS had reasonable suspicion to stop Serrano is United States v. Brignoni-Ponce, 422 U.S. 873, 95…
- Can US Customs and Border Protection search your tech, including a cellphone and laptop?April 2, 2025 · ▶ Video
The panel reversed the district court’s order denying the defendant’s motion to suppress evidence obtained from warrantless searches of his cell phone…
- Immigration Detentions Up, Federal Prosecutions Down: What’s Going On Under Trump’s Second Term?March 26, 2025 · ▶ Video
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during January 2025 the government reported 3196 new immigration prosecutions.…
- Police Detained Occupants in Handcuffs for 3 Hours in Garage & Questioned About Immigration Status.March 5, 2025 · ▶ Video
Respondent Mena and others were detained in handcuffs during a search of the premises they occupied. Petitioners were lead members of a police…
- Police took the man’s phone and ANSWERED an incoming call IMPERSONATING the person being arrested.August 30, 2024 · ▶ Video
When Andres Lopez–Cruz (“Lopez”) gave a border patrol agent permission to “look in” or “search” the two cell phones he had with him, the agent did not…
- Agents Point Guns and Order Home Residents Outside: Understanding the 4th Amendment and CurtilageMay 23, 2024 · ▶ Video
Border Patrol agents watched a man climb over the Mexico-United States border fence and followed him as he took a taxi to Heriberto Perea-Rey’s home.…
- Phone Searches at the Border: What CBP Can and Can’t DoMay 23, 2024 · ▶ Video
The Fourth Amendment provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effects, against unreasonable searches…
- PART 1: “GPS Tracking Initiated at the Border” and Continuous Surveillance Within the US. #gpsMay 1, 2024 · ▶ Video
The Fourth Amendment protects the “right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and…
- PART 2: “GPS Tracking Initiated at the Border” | 4th Amendment and Technology #gpsMay 1, 2024 · ▶ Video
The Fourth Amendment protects individuals from unreasonable government searches and seizures. • Seizures can be split into two categories. o A seizure…
- PART 3: “GPS Tracking Initiated at the Border” | 4th Amendment and the Border Search DoctrineMay 1, 2024 · ▶ Video
The Border Search Doctrine is one of the longstanding warrantless search exceptions to the 4th Amendment. Most searches at the border do not require a…
- PART 4: “GPS Tracking Initiated at the Border” | US v. Ignjatov, GPS installed without a warrantMay 1, 2024 · ▶ Video
The Court concluded that “[o]nce the entity at issue is beyond the border, the concerns animating the border search doctrine, namely the integrity of…
- San Diego Federal AttorneyGuide · ▶ Video
San Diego Federal Attorney Anton Vialtsin has over a decade of federal criminal defense experience. He is considered the best federal attorney in San Diego.
- San Diego Federal Crimes AttorneyGuide · ▶ Video
Facing Federal Criminal Charges in San Diego? LAWSTACHE federal criminal defense attorneys handle drug and white collar federal crimes. Call 619-357-6677.
- Border Patrol SEARCH cell phone WITHOUT a WARRANT by relying on search incident to arrest exception.August 18, 2023 · ▶ Video
San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney Anton Vialtsin discussed border patrol search. Arrested at the border? Call us today at 619-357-6677.
- Reasonable Suspicion can’t be a broad profile casting suspicion on entire categories of peopleAugust 18, 2023 · ▶ Video
San Diego Criminal Defense Attorney explains how reasonable suspicion cannot be a broad profile casting suspicion on entire population.
- Beware of jumping criminal history categories in Federal Court if you have pending State charges.Guide · ▶ Video
Learn about Hidey Diaz, charged with illegal reentry under 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) after a state conviction. Call San Diego Criminal Lawyer
- Ex-Arizona politician and attorney devised and ran a criminal adoption scheme. Sentenced to 6 years.Guide · ▶ Video
Paul Petersen, a licensed attorney, devised and ran a criminal adoption scheme where he and others working for him profited by paying to induce…
- Not the best appeal of the DUI license suspension. But gives us an opportunity to chat about DUI’s.Guide · ▶ Video
A little past midnight and about 15 yards north of the Mexican border, Miguel Ponce of the Border Patrol sat in his parked cruiser. He was on the…
- Федеральные преступления с которыми часто сталкиваются беженцы пересекающие США-мексиканскую границуGuide · ▶ Video
Федеральные преступления с которыми часто сталкиваются беженцы пересекающие США-мексиканскую границу 8 U.S. Code § 1325 – Improper entry by alienAny…
- United Constitutional Patriots or Armed Militia at the border, 10th Circuit Appeal: US Border PatrolGuide · ▶ Video
Defendant-Appellant James Benvie was convicted of impersonating a government employee, 18 U.S.C. § 912, and sentenced to 21 months’ imprisonment and a…
- Can customs officials search your car’s gas tank for drugs without reasonable suspicion or warrant?Guide · ▶ Video
Facing charges after a border vehicle search in San Diego? Our experienced criminal defense attorneys defend clients in your position!
- Can you make a U-TURN before the border checkpoint? Reasonable suspicion to pull a vehicle over?Guide · ▶ Video
Can you legally turn around before a checkpoint? Learn what the Ninth Circuit ruled in U.S. v. Montero-Camargo and how it affects your rights
- Concern about noncitizens (illegal aliens), who need aid, did NOT justify search of defendant’s homeGuide · ▶ Video
Learn how courts handle illegal alien searches and when evidence may be suppressed. Limits on warrants and exigent circumstances.
- Immigrant in possession of a gun? A visa’s label “H-1B” is not a fact that makes it a nonimmigrant.Guide · ▶ Video
The panel amended a per curiam opinion filed July 19, 2021; filed an amended per curiam opinion affirming the defendant’s conviction for violating 18…
- Searching Cell Phones and Computers at Airports and Ports of Entry | USA v. WilliamsGuide · ▶ Video
Should the Border Patrol and Customs agents have reasonable suspicion before searching electronic devices at the border? Maybe. Or Not. It remains a…
- Substantial risk of injury enhancement in transportation of illegal aliens | 8 USC § 1324Guide · ▶ Video
Creating Risk of Injury – §2L1.1(b)(6)* If the offense involved intentionally or recklessly creating a substantial risk of death or serious bodily…
- Reasonable Suspicion for Border Patrol to Stop a Vehicle on Interstate 8 | US v. RodriguezFebruary 16, 2019 · ▶ Video
The fourth amendment’s prohibition of unreasonable searches and seizures extends to seizures of the person, including the brief investigatory stop of a…
- Should illegal aliens be able to possess firearms and weapons? 2nd Amendment | US v. TorresJanuary 24, 2019 · ▶ Video
The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution guarantees that “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” U.S.…
- 8 U.S.C. 1324 | Smuggling, Transporting, Harboring, or Bringing in Illegal Aliens | San Diego Federal AttorneysGuide · ▶ Video
Facing federal alien smuggling charges in San Diego? Attorney Anton Vialtsin offers experienced criminal defense in San Diego.
- Trump’s border wall and the Fourth Amendment.Guide · ▶ Video
On March 13, 2018 President Trump arrived to San Diego to tour border wall prototypes. This administration made it clear that the national security,…
- Illegal Re-entry Defense Lawyer In San Diego, CAGuide
If you are charged with an illegal re-entry (1326) in San Diego Federal Court call us. Attorneys at LAWSTACHE™ have experience defensing 1326 case at trial.
- “Sex Offender” on the US Passport.February 4, 2016
“The first time in U.S. history that any such special designation will appear on the passports of any U.S. citizens.” Read more here.
- Residential ReEntry CenterGuide
Residential Reentry Center (Employable Work Furlough) is designed for people who would have been eligible for Work Furlough, but are currently…
- Transporting Marijuana across International BorderGuide
San Diego Drug Crimes Lawyer defends drug charges such as trafficking, distribution, manufacturing, intent to sell, possession of marijuana, cocaine, meth..