11th Cir. Pattern Jury Instr. (Criminal) O32

18 U.S.C. § 911

It’s a Federal crime for anyone to falsely and willfully impersonate a citizen

of the United States.

The Defendant can be found guilty of this crime only if all the following

facts are proved beyond a reasonable doubt:

(1) the Defendant was an alien at the time alleged in the indictment;

(2) the Defendant falsely claimed to be a citizen of the United States;

and

(3) the Defendant knowingly and willfully made the false claim.

An “alien” is a person who isn’t a citizen of the United States.

A “citizen of the United States” is someone born in the United States or

granted citizenship through “naturalization.” A person born outside the United

States is a citizen if both parents were United States citizens and one of them had a

residence in the United States before the birth.

[The United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, in the Department

of Homeland Security, is responsible for controlling the entry of aliens into the

United States. Officers of that agency are authorized to administer oaths, and to

take and consider evidence about an alien’s right or privilege to enter, reenter, pass

through, or remain in the United States.]