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8 U.S.C. § 1230 — Records of admission
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**(a)** The Attorney General shall cause to be filed, as a record of admission of each immigrant, the immigrant visa required by [section 1201(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1201/e&num=0&edition=prelim) to be surrendered at the port of entry by the arriving alien to an immigration officer.
**(b)** The Attorney General shall cause to be filed such record of the admission into the United States of each immigrant admitted under [section 1181(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and of each nonimmigrant as the Attorney General deems necessary for the enforcement of the immigration laws.
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**(a)** The Attorney General shall cause to be filed, as a record of admission of each immigrant, the immigrant visa required by [section 1201(e) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1201/e&num=0&edition=prelim) to be surrendered at the port of entry by the arriving alien to an immigration officer.
**(b)** The Attorney General shall cause to be filed such record of the admission into the United States of each immigrant admitted under [section 1181(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1181/b&num=0&edition=prelim) and of each nonimmigrant as the Attorney General deems necessary for the enforcement of the immigration laws.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(a)** As used in this chapter—
(1) The term “administrator” means the official designated by the Secretary of State pursuant to [section 1104(b) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1104/b&num=0&edition=prelim).
(2) The term “advocates” includes, but is not limited to, advises, recommends, furthers by overt act, and admits belief in.
(3) The term “alien” means any person not a citizen or national of the United States.
(4) The term “application for admission” has reference to the application for admission into the United States and not to the application for the issuance of an immigrant or nonimmigrant visa.
(5) The term “Attorney General” means the Attorney General of the United States.
(6) The term “border crossing identification card” means a document of identity bearing that designation issued to an alien who is lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or to an alien who is a resident in foreign contiguous territory, by a consular officer or an immigration officer for the purpose of crossing over the borders between the United States and foreign contiguous territory in accordance with such conditions for its issuance and use as may be prescribed by regulations. Such regulations shall provide that (A) each such document include a biometric identifier (such as the fingerprint or handprint of the alien) that is machine readable and (B) an alien presenting a border crossing identification card is not permitted to cross over the border into the United States unless the biometric identifier contained on the card matches the appropriate biometric characteristic of the alien.
(7) The term “clerk of court” means a clerk of a naturalization court.
(8) The terms “Commissioner” and “Deputy Commissioner” mean the Co
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**(a) Proceeding**
(1) **In general** — An immigration judge shall conduct proceedings for deciding the inadmissibility or deportability of an alien.
(2) **Charges** — An alien placed in proceedings under this section may be charged with any applicable ground of inadmissibility under [section 1182(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a&num=0&edition=prelim) or any applicable ground of deportability under [section 1227(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1227/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
(3) **Exclusive procedures** — Unless otherwise specified in this chapter, a proceeding under this section shall be the sole and exclusive procedure for determining whether an alien may be admitted to the United States or, if the alien has been so admitted, removed from the United States. Nothing in this section shall affect proceedings conducted pursuant to [section 1228 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1228&num=0&edition=prelim).
**(b) Conduct of proceeding**
(1) **Authority of immigration judge** — The immigration judge shall administer oaths, receive evidence, and interrogate, examine, and cross-examine the alien and any witnesses. The immigration judge may issue subpoenas for the attendance of witnesses and presentation of evidence. The immigration judge shall have authority (under regulations prescribed by the Attorney General) to sanction by civil money penalty any action (or inaction) in contempt of the judge’s proper exercise of authority under this chapter.
(2) **Form of proceeding**
(A) *In general* — The proceeding may take place—
(i) in person,
(ii) where agreed to by the parties, in the
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Page 325
TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1231
1 See References in Text note below.
2 So in original. Probably should be ‘‘subparagraph (B),’’.
3 So in original. Probably should be followed by a closing
parenthesis.
§ 1230. Records of admission
(a) The Attorney General shall cause to be
filed, as a record of admission of each immi-
grant, the immigrant visa required by section
1201(e) of this title to be surrendered at the port
of entry by the arriving alien to an immigration
officer.
(b) The Attorney General shall cause to be
filed such record of the admission into the
United States of each immigrant admitted
under section 1181(b) of this title and of each
nonimmigrant as the Attorney General deems
necessary for the enforcement of the immigra-
tion laws.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 4, § 240C, for-
merly § 240, 66 Stat. 204; renumbered § 240C and
amended Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III,
§§ 304(a)(2), 308(f)(1)(K), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat.
3009–587, 3009–621.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(f)(1)(K), sub-
stituted ‘‘admission’’ for ‘‘entry’’.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1996 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 104–208 effective, with certain
transitional provisions, on the first day of the first
month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30,
1996, see section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208, set out as a note
under section 1101 of this title.
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.
§ 1231. Detention and removal of aliens ordered
removed
(a) Detention, release, a
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