8 U.S.C. § 1373 — Communication between government agencies and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
submitted 30 years ago by Pub. L. 104-208 to r/title-8-ALIENS-AND-NATIONALITY · 204 words · no verdicts yet
Government entities and officials may exchange citizenship or immigration-status information with the Immigration and Naturalization Service. They may also keep and exchange that information, and the Service must answer lawful verification inquiries.
(a) In general. Despite any Federal, State*, or local law, a government entity or official may not stop or restrict another government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service* information about any person's citizenship or immigration status, whether lawful or unlawful. (b) More authority. No person or agency may stop or restrict a Federal, State, or local government entity from: (1) sending information about a person's lawful or unlawful immigration status to, or requesting or receiving it from, the Service; (2) keeping it; or (3) exchanging it with another Federal, State, or local government entity. (c) Required response. The Service must answer a Federal, State, or local government agency that asks to verify or determine a person's citizenship or immigration status within the agency's jurisdiction for a purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State*, or local law, a Federal, State, or local government entity or official may not prohibit, or in any way restrict, any government entity or official from sending to, or receiving from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service* information regarding the citizenship or immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual.
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no person or agency may prohibit, or in any way restrict, a Federal, State, or local government entity from doing any of the following with respect to information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of any individual:
Sending such information to, or requesting or receiving such information from, the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Maintaining such information.
Exchanging such information with any other Federal, State, or local government entity.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service shall respond to an inquiry by a Federal, State, or local government agency, seeking to verify or ascertain the citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the jurisdiction of the agency for any purpose authorized by law, by providing the requested verification or status information.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title VI, § 642, Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–707.)
- 1996Enacted · Pub. L. 104-208 · 110 Stat. 3009
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by Pub. L. 104-208 on 1996-09-30.
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