trafficking a dangerous illegal alien

18-9006. trafficking a dangerous illegal alien. (1) The crime of trafficking a dangerous illegal alien is committed when a person knowingly and willfully transports into this state a dangerous illegal alien that the person knows, or reasonably should know, is a dangerous illegal alien. (2) A person commits a separate offense for each individual transported into this state in violation of the provisions of this section. (3) Whoever commits the crime of trafficking a dangerous illegal alien shall be guilty of a felony and imprisoned for not less than one (1) year and not more than two (2) years, fined not more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000), or both. (4) The provisions of this section shall not apply if the defendant is a necessary witness to or victim of a crime of domestic violence, rape, sexual exploitation, sexual assault, murder, manslaughter, assault, battery, human trafficking, kidnapping, false imprisonment, involuntary servitude, fraud in foreign labor contracting, blackmail, extortion, or witness tampering where the referenced crime occurred during the defendant’s act of transporting the dangerous illegal alien.