1999 US Code
Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION
Part V - Adjustment and Change of Status
Sec. 1252c - Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens
View MetadataPublication Title | United States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 5, Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY |
Category | Bills and Statutes |
Collection | United States Code |
SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
Contained Within | Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER 12 - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY SUBCHAPTER II - IMMIGRATION Part V - Adjustment and Change of Status Sec. 1252c - Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens |
Contains | section 1252c |
Date | 1999 |
Laws in Effect as of Date | January 23, 2000 |
Positive Law | No |
Disposition | standard |
Source Credit | Pub. L. 104-132, title IV, §439, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1276. |
Statutes at Large Reference | 110 Stat. 1276 |
Public Law Reference | Public Law 104-132 |
§1252c. Authorizing State and local law enforcement officials to arrest and detain certain illegal aliens (a) In general
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to the extent permitted by relevant State and local law, State and local law enforcement officials are authorized to arrest and detain an individual who—
(1) is an alien illegally present in the United States; and
(2) has previously been convicted of a felony in the United States and deported or left the United States after such conviction,
but only after the State or local law enforcement officials obtain appropriate confirmation from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of the status of such individual and only for such period of time as may be required for the Service to take the individual into Federal custody for purposes of deporting or removing the alien from the United States.
(b) CooperationThe Attorney General shall cooperate with the States to assure that information in the control of the Attorney General, including information in the National Crime Information Center, that would assist State and local law enforcement officials in carrying out duties under subsection (a) of this section is made available to such officials.
(Pub. L. 104–132, title IV, §439, Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1276.)
CodificationThis section was enacted as part of the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.
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