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Lying to immigration is a federal crime. Up to 6 months in prison for first offense, and 2 years for repeaters. And on the mamasan side, importing prostitutes is a felony under the Immigration and Nationality Act with a maximum sentence of 10 years, and there's also a potential RICO Act charge if there was an organization behind it. And you have SESTA, the new law from 2018 that bans online advertising for prostitution; that has a potential 20-year sentence.Obviously they wouldn’t phrase it like that… with proper legal advice they could definitely spin the story in a way that would allow them to get a T visa (indeed if you look at the stats it happens)
In the first place the only federal crime involved is the Mann Act which involves transporting the woman not the prostitution itself. Prostitution isn’t a federal crime and the immigration offenses are all civil.