§ 1359. Application to American Indians born in Canada

Statutory text

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.

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.

1952
Pub. L. 82–477 · 66 Stat. 609
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1359
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 289, 66 Stat. 234.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 289, 66 Stat. 234.)

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Credits

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 289, 66 Stat. 234.)