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8 U.S.C. § 1359 — Application to American Indians born in Canada
submitted 74 years ago by ch. 477 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 47 words · no verdicts yet
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This section preserves a border-crossing right for American Indians born in Canada, limited to people with at least 50 percent American Indian ancestry.
Nothing in this subchapter changes the right of American Indians born in Canada to cross United States borders. That right applies only to people with at least 50 percent American Indian ancestry.
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Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to affect the right of American Indians born in Canada to pass the borders of the United States, but such right shall extend only to persons who possess at least 50 per centum of blood of the American Indian race.
Source credit: (June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 289, 66 Stat. 234.)
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- 1952Enacted · Act of June 27, 1952, ch. 477 · 66 Stat. 234
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