What is an absconder?

What is an absconder?

• A. A passenger who overstays a visa.
• B. An admiralty board member.
• C. An unauthorized sailor on a ship.
• D. An inadmissible crew-member that gains or attempts to gain illegal entry into the U.S.

Answer: (D)

Absconder means someone who evades immigration enforcement, specifically a person who is inadmissible and tries to enter the country illegally. In this context, the scenario that matches is a crew member who is not allowed to enter the U.S. but gains or attempts to gain illegal entry. The other options describe different situations: overstaying a visa is an immigration violation but doesn’t inherently involve evading entry controls or illegally entering; an admiralty board member is unrelated to entry issues; an unauthorized sailor on a ship doesn’t necessarily imply attempting illegal entry into the U.S. The key idea is the deliberate evasion of entry controls by someone deemed inadmissible.

Absconder means someone who evades immigration enforcement, specifically a person who is inadmissible and tries to enter the country illegally. In this context, the scenario that matches is a crew member who is not allowed to enter the U.S. but gains or attempts to gain illegal entry. The other options describe different situations: overstaying a visa is an immigration violation but doesn’t inherently involve evading entry controls or illegally entering; an admiralty board member is unrelated to entry issues; an unauthorized sailor on a ship doesn’t necessarily imply attempting illegal entry into the U.S. The key idea is the deliberate evasion of entry controls by someone deemed inadmissible.