<h1>Title II - Enhanced Enforcement and Penalties Against Alien Smuggling; Document  Fraud</h1>
<p>Subtitle B - Deterrence of Document Fraud</p>
<p>Section 212. New Civil Penalties for Document Fraud.</p>
<p>(1) Those who prepare, file, or assist another person in preparing or filing    an application for benefits with knowledge or in reckless disregard of the fact    that such application or document was falsely made; and (2) aliens who destroy    travel documents en route to the United States after having presented such documents    to board a common carrier to the United States, are liable for document fraud.    The changes concerning the new definition of "false making" apply    retroactively to applications prepared before September 30, 1996.</p>
<p>Section 213. New Criminal Penalty for Failure to Disclose Role as Preparer of    False Application for Immigration Benefits.</p>
<p>An attorney or other person who fails to disclose or who conceals his role    in preparing, for a fee or other remuneration, a false application for benefits    under the Immigration and Nationality Act ("INA") can be jailed for    up to five years, and is thereafter prohibited from preparing, whether or not    for a fee or other remuneration, any other such application. A person convicted    under this section who later prepares or assists in preparing an application    for immigration benefits, regardless of whether for a fee or other remuneration,    can be jailed up to 15 years.</p>
<p>Section 214. Criminal Penalty for Knowingly Presenting Document Which Fails    to Contain Reasonable Basis in Law or Fact.</p>
<p>It is unlawful for any alien to knowingly present a document to Immigration    Service that fails to contain any reasonable basis in law or fact.</p>
<p>Section 215. Criminal Penalty for False Claim to Citizenship.</p>
<p>It is unlawful for any person to: (1) make a false claim to U.S. citizenship    or nationality for the purpose of obtaining, for him or herself or any other    person, any federal benefit or service or employment in the U.S.; and (2) make    a false claim to U.S. citizenship to vote or register to vote in any federal,    state, or local election.</p>
<p>Section 216. Criminal Penalty for Voting by Aliens in Federal Elections.</p>
<p>It is unlawful for any alien to vote in any election for federal office. Violators    can be fined and/or jailed for up to one year.</p>