Whether the general, residual phrase 'takes any other action' in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in the statutory terms that precede it

QUESTION PRESENTED Under 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1), certain deportable aliens may be guilty of a crime if they take, or fail to take, any action listed in the statute’s four subsequent subsections. One of those, subsection (a)(1)(C), provides for criminal penalties if an alien “connives or conspires, or takes any other action” designed to prevent or hamper his deportation. The question presented is: Whether the general, residual phrase “takes any other action” in 8 U.S.C. § 1253(a)(1)(C) must be interpreted to embrace only actions like those in the statutory terms that precede it. i