Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Part VIII · Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality
§ 1329. Jurisdiction of district courts
Statutory text
The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, brought by the United States that arise under the provisions of this subchapter. It shall be the duty of the United States attorney of the proper district to prosecute every such suit when brought by the United States. Notwithstanding any other law, such prosecutions or suits may be instituted at any place in the United States at which the violation may occur or at which the person charged with a violation under section 1325 or 1326 of this title may be apprehended. No suit or proceeding for a violation of any of the provisions of this subchapter shall be settled, compromised, or discontinued without the consent of the court in which it is pending and any such settlement, compromise, or discontinuance shall be entered of record with the reasons therefor. Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1329
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230
Source evidence
Code source credit
June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230Pub. L. 104–208 § 381(a)(2) · 110 Stat. 3009
Inserted · 8 U.S.C. § 1329
Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(2) by adding at the end the following new sentence: “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”,Effective date note
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996].”Pub. L. 104–208 § 381(a)(1) · 110 Stat. 3009
Amended · 8 U.S.C. § 1329
Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”
Target inherited from the preceding amendment note.
Source evidence
Code amendment note
Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”Enacted provision · exact public law section
(1) by amending the first sentence to read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, brought by the United States that arise under the provisions of this title.”, andEffective date note
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 1996].”
2 of 3 references resolved to an enrolled provision · 1 partial
Editorial Notes
Amendments
1996—Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(2), inserted at end “Nothing in this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States or its agencies or officers.”
Pub. L. 104–208, § 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: “The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.”
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1996 Amendment
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(b), , 110 Stat. 3009–650, provided that: “The amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [].”
Credits
1952–1996 · 2 acts
- 1952June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230
- 1996Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(a), , 110 Stat. 3009–650.
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(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, § 279, 66 Stat. 230; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 381(a), , 110 Stat. 3009–650.)