Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Chapter 14 — Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Aliens
§ 1644. Communication between State and local government agencies and Immigration and Naturalization Service
Statutory text
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no State or local government entity may be prohibited, or in any way restricted, from sending to or receiving from the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States.
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.
Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
Pub. L. 104–193 title IV § 434 · 110 Stat. 2105
Enacted · 8 U.S.C. § 1644
(Pub. L. 104–193, title IV, § 434, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2275.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 104–193, title IV, § 434, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2275.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
SEC. 434. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES AND THE IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE. Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no State or local government entity may be prohibited, or in any way restricted, from sending to or receiving from the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States.
1 of 1 references resolved to an enrolled provision
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service, transfer of functions, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.