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Lying on DS-160 was the reason the Feds managed to initially arrest 9/11 attacker Zacarias Moussaoui [1]. It is significantly easier for cops to prove you lied to the US Government and detain/deport/ban you from entry if you're an alien than to try to prove criminal intent, etc. and that's why DS-160 has all those seemingly weird questions.

[1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zacarias_Moussaoui#Capture>

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>Lying on DS-160 was the reason the Feds managed to initially arrest 9/11 attacker Zacarias Moussaoui.

"Because it was clear at that point that Moussaoui was in the country illegally, the INS agents arrested him."[1]

[1] <https://oig.justice.gov/special/s0606/chapter4.htm>

Yes lying on the DS-160 is probably a reason to arrest Zacarias, but that is not what happened.

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