Title 18, Crimes and Criminal ProcedureRelease 119-102
§758 High Speed Flight From Immigration Checkpoint
Title 18 › PART I — CRIMES › CHAPTER 35 — ESCAPE AND RESCUE › § 758
Summary
Leaving a federal checkpoint in a vehicle and speeding away from officers can lead to federal fines and up to five years in prison.
Full Legal Text
Title 18, §758
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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.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of Title 8, Aliens and Nationality. Congressional Findings Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title I, § 108(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–557, 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.”
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18 U.S.C. § 758
Title 18, Crimes and Criminal Procedure
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102