8 U.S.C. § 1230 — Records of admission

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The Attorney General must keep an admission record for each immigrant and may keep records for other immigrants and nonimmigrants as needed to enforce immigration laws.

(a) The Attorney General must file, as each immigrant’s admission record, the immigrant visa required by § 1201(e) that the arriving alien surrenders to an immigration officer at the port of entry. (b) The Attorney General must file whatever record of admission for an immigrant admitted under § 1181(b), and for each nonimmigrant, the Attorney General considers necessary to enforce the immigration laws.

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(a)

The Attorney General shall cause to be filed, as a record of admission of each immigrant, the immigrant visa required by section 1201(e) of this title to be surrendered at the port of entry by the arriving alien to an immigration officer.

(b)

The Attorney General shall cause to be filed such record of the admission into the United States of each immigrant admitted under section 1181(b) of this title and of each nonimmigrant as the Attorney General deems necessary for the enforcement of the immigration laws.

Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, § 240C, formerly § 240, 66 Stat. 204; renumbered § 240C and amended Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, §§ 304(a)(2), 308(f)(1)(K), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–587, 3009–621.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 204
1996Amended · Pub. L. 104-208 · 110 Stat. 3009

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