# Idaho Code § 18-9006: 18-9006 TRAFFICKING A DANGEROUS ILLEGAL ALIEN

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9006

## Section

- **Citation:** Idaho Code § 18-9006
- **Heading:** 18-9006 TRAFFICKING A DANGEROUS ILLEGAL ALIEN
- **Jurisdiction:** Idaho
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Idaho Code / Title 18 / Chapter 90 / Section 18-9006

## Text

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.

History:

[18-9006, added 2025, ch. 183, sec. 1, p. 859.]

## Nearby sections

- [Idaho Code § 18-9001 18-9001 SHORT TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9001.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9002 18-9002 DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9002.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9003 18-9003 ILLEGAL ENTRY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9003.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9004 18-9004 ILLEGAL REENTRY BY CERTAIN ALIENS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9004.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9005 18-9005 COOPERATION WITH FEDERAL AUTHORITIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9005.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9006 18-9006 TRAFFICKING A DANGEROUS ILLEGAL ALIEN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9006.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9007 18-9007 SENTENCING ENHANCEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9007.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9008 18-9008 DETERMINATION OF ALIENAGE UPON CONFINEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9008.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9009 18-9009 CONDITIONS OF RELEASE OF ILLEGAL ALIEN FROM CONFINEMENT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9009.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9010 18-9010 AUTHORITY TO TRANSPORT ILLEGAL ALIENS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9010.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9011 18-9011 IMMUNITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9011.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9012 18-9012 ABATEMENT OF PROSECUTION ON BASIS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS DETERMINATION PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9012.md)
- [Idaho Code § 18-9013 18-9013 INTERPRETATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_ID_T18_C90_S18-9013.md)

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