,,ii  #aaith ,,congress  #ast ,session  
,s4 #cagi  ,,in ,,the ,,senate ,,of     
,,the ,,united ,,states  ,november #ah1 
#bjbe ,mrs4 ,moody introduced the       
following bill2 which was read twice and
 referred to the ,committee on the      
,judiciary  ,a ,,bill  ,to amend title  
#ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 to establish
 a criminal penalty for obstructing     
immigration enforcement activities4  #a4
 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited as
 the ,halo ,act4  #b4 ,criminal penalty 
for obstructing immigration enforcement 
activities  7a7 ,in general ,chapter #gc
 of title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is
 amended by adding at the end the       
following3  #aebb4 ,obstructing         
immigration enforcement activities  7a7 
,definitions ,in this section3 7#a7     
,federal immigration enforcement officer
 ,the term ,federal immigration         
enforcement officer means any officer1  
agent1 or employee of the ,united       
,states authorized by law or by a       
government agency to engage in or       

supervise the prevention1 detection1    
investigation1 or prosecution of any    
violation of ,federal immigration law4  
7#b7 ,harass ,the term harass means to  
knowingly engage in a course of conduct 
directed at a ,federal immigration      
enforcement officer that intentionally  
causes substantial emotional distress in
 that ,federal immigration enforcement  
officer and serves no legitimate        
purpose4  7b7 ,offense ,it shall be     
unlawful for a person1 after receiving a
 verbal warning not to approach from an 
individual whom the person knows or     
reasonably should know is a ,federal    
immigration enforcement officer1 and who
 is engaged in the lawful performance of
 a legal duty1 to knowingly violate the 
warning and approach or remain within   
#be feet of the ,federal immigration    
enforcement officer with the intent to--
  7#a7 impede or interfere with the     
ability of the ,federal immigration     
enforcement officer to perform that     
legal duty2  7#b7 threaten the ,federal 

immigration enforcement officer with    
physical harm2 or  7#c7 harass the      
,federal immigration enforcement        
officer4  7c7 ,penalty ,any person who  
violates subsection 7b7 shall be fined  
under this title1 imprisoned for not    
more than #e years1 or both4  4  7b7    
,technical and conforming amendment ,the
 table of sections for chapter #gc of   
title #ah1 ,united ,states ,code1 is    
amended by adding at the end the        
following3  #aebb4 ,obstructing         
immigration enforcement activities4  4