2025 Georgia Codes – Page 168

(a) As used in this Code section, the term:
(1) “Harboring” or “harbors” means any conduct that tends to substantially help an illegal alien to remain
in the United States in violation of federal law but shall not include a person providing services to infants,
children, or victims of a crime; a person providing privately funded social services; a person providing
emergency medical service; or an attorney or his or her employees for the purpose of representing a crimi-
nal defendant.
(2) “Illegal alien” means a person who is verified by the federal government to be present in the United
States in violation of federal immigration law.
(b) A person who is acting in violation of another criminal offense and who knowingly conceals, harbors, or
shields an illegal alien from detection in any place in this state, including any building or means of trans-
portation, when such person knows that the person being concealed, harbored, or shielded is an illegal alien,
shall be guilty of the offense of concealing or harboring an illegal alien.
(c) Except as provided in this subsection, a person convicted of concealing or harboring an illegal alien who
conceals or harbors seven or fewer illegal aliens at the same time in the same location shall be guilty of a
misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months,
a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, or both. A person convicted of concealing or harboring an illegal alien who
conceals or harbors eight or more illegal aliens at the same time in the same location, or who conceals or
harbors an illegal alien with the intent of making a profit or receiving anything of value, shall be guilty of a
felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one or more than
five years, a fine of not less than $5,000.00 or more than $20,000.00, or both.
(d) This Code section shall not apply to a government employee or any person acting at the express direction
of a government employee who conceals, harbors, or shelters an illegal alien when such illegal alien is or
has been the victim of a criminal offense or is a witness in any civil or criminal proceeding or who holds an
illegal alien in a jail, prison, or other detention facility.

(a) As used in this Code section, the term “illegal alien” means a person who is verified by the federal govern-
ment to be present in the United States in violation of federal immigration law.
(b) A person who is acting in violation of another criminal offense and who knowingly induces, entices,
or assists an illegal alien to enter into this state, when such person knows that the person being induced,
enticed, or assisted to enter into this state is an illegal alien, shall be guilty of the offense of inducing an ille-
gal alien to enter into this state.
(c) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this Code section, for a first offense, a person convicted of induc-
ing an illegal alien to enter into this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof,
shall be punished by imprisonment not to exceed 12 months, a fine not to exceed $1,000.00, or both. For a
second or subsequent conviction of inducing an illegal alien to enter into this state, a person shall be guilty
of a felony and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one or more
than five years, a fine of not less than $5,000. 00 or more than $20,000.00, or both.
(d) A person who commits the offense of inducing an illegal alien to enter into this state who does so with
the intent of making a profit or receiving any thing of value shall be guilty of a felony and, upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by imprisonment of not less than one or more than five years, a fine of not less
than $5,000.00 or more than $20,000.00, or both.

As used in this article, the term:
(1) “Critical infrastructure” means publicly or privately owned facilities, systems, functions, or assets, wheth-
er physical or virtual, providing or distributing services for the benefit of the public, including, but not lim-
ited to, energy, fuel, water, agriculture, health care, finance, communication, or any other vital public service.
(2) “Domestic terrorism” means any felony violation of, or attempt to commit a felony violation of the laws
of this state which, as part of a single unlawful act or a series of unlawful acts which are interrelated by
distinguishing characteristics, is intended to cause serious bodily harm, kill any individual or group of indi-
viduals, or disable or destroy critical infrastructure, a state or government facility, or a public transportation
system when such disability or destruction results in major economic loss, and is intended to:
(A) Intimidate the civilian population of this state or any of its political subdivisions;
(B) Alter, change, or coerce the policy of the government of this state or any of its political subdivisions by
intimidation or coercion; or
(C) Affect the conduct of the government of this state or any of its political subdivisions by use of destruc-
tive devices, assassination, or kidnapping.
(3) “Public transportation system” means all facilities, conveyances, and instrumentalities, whether publicly
or privately owned, that are used in or for publicly available services for the transportation of individuals or
cargo.
(4) “Serious bodily harm” means harm to the body of another by depriving him or her of a member of his or
her body, by rendering a member of his or her body useless, or by seriously disfiguring his or her body or a
member thereof.
(5) “State or government facility” means any permanent or temporary facility or conveyance that is used or
occupied by representatives of this state or any of its political subdivisions, by the legislature, by the judi-
ciary, or by officials or employees of this state or any of its political subdivisions.
(6) “Vital public service” shall have the same meaning as provided in Code Section 16-7-22.