Which statutes are listed as potentially making a resident alien deportable if elements are proven?

• A. 18 U.S.C. 2, 8 U.S.C. 1325, 18 U.S.C. 371, and 8 U.S.C. 1324
• B. 8 U.S.C. 1325
• C. 18 U.S.C. 371
• D. 8 U.S.C. 1324

Answer: (A)

Deportability can arise whenever a resident alien is convicted of offenses that involve immigration-related conduct or are connected to those offenses through liability theories like aiding and abetting or conspiracy. The combined set of statutes covers both direct immigration offenses—illegal entry or attempting to enter (8 U.S.C. 1325) and bringing in or harboring aliens (8 U.S.C. 1324)—and the ways someone can be held responsible for those offenses even if they didn’t commit the act alone, through aiding and abetting (18 U.S.C. 2) or conspiracy (18 U.S.C. 371). When the elements of these crimes are proven, they can render a resident alien deportable. The other options are narrower because they isolate a single statute and don’t account for the broader range of deportability scenarios that include accomplice liability or conspiracies related to immigration offenses.