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8 U.S.C. § 1285 — Employment on passenger vessels of aliens afflicted with certain disabilities
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It shall be unlawful for any vessel or aircraft carrying passengers between a port of the United States and a port outside thereof to have employed on board upon arrival in the United States any alien afflicted with feeble-mindedness, insanity, epilepsy, tuberculosis in any form, leprosy, or any dangerous contagious disease. If it appears to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, from an examination made by a medical officer of the United States Public Health Service, and is so certified by such officer, that any such alien was so afflicted at the time he was shipped or engaged and taken on board such vessel or aircraft and that the existence of such affliction might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, the owner, commanding officer, agent, consignee, or master thereof shall pay for each alien so afflicted to the Commissioner the sum of $1,000. No vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such sums, or while such sums remain unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of an amount sufficient to cover such sums or of a bond approved by the Commissioner with sufficient surety to secure the payment thereof. Any such fine may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, be mitigated or remitted.
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It shall be unlawful for any vessel or aircraft carrying passengers between a port of the United States and a port outside thereof to have employed on board upon arrival in the United States any alien afflicted with feeble-mindedness, insanity, epilepsy, tuberculosis in any form, leprosy, or any dangerous contagious disease. If it appears to the satisfaction of the Attorney General, from an examination made by a medical officer of the United States Public Health Service, and is so certified by such officer, that any such alien was so afflicted at the time he was shipped or engaged and taken on board such vessel or aircraft and that the existence of such affliction might have been detected by means of a competent medical examination at such time, the owner, commanding officer, agent, consignee, or master thereof shall pay for each alien so afflicted to the Commissioner the sum of $1,000. No vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance pending the determination of the question of the liability to the payment of such sums, or while such sums remain unpaid, except that clearance may be granted prior to the determination of such question upon the deposit of an amount sufficient to cover such sums or of a bond approved by the Commissioner with sufficient surety to secure the payment thereof. Any such fine may, in the discretion of the Attorney General, be mitigated or remitted.
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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
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**(a) Arrival manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft transporting any person to any seaport or airport of the United States from any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide to any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) at that port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant transported on such vessel or aircraft prior to arrival at that port.
**(b) Departure manifests** For each commercial vessel or aircraft taking passengers on board at any seaport or airport of the United States, who are destined to any place outside the United States, it shall be the duty of an appropriate official specified in subsection (d) to provide any United States border officer (as defined in subsection (i)) before departure from such port manifest information about each passenger, crew member, and other occupant to be transported.
**(c) Contents of manifest** The information to be provided with respect to each person listed on a manifest required to be provided under subsection (a) or (b) shall include—
(1) complete name;
(2) date of birth;
(3) citizenship;
(4) sex;
(5) passport number and country of issuance;
(6) country of residence;
(7) United States visa number, date, and place of issuance, where applicable;
(8) alien registration number, where applicable;
(9) United States address while in the United States; and
(10) such other information the Attorney General, in consultation with the Secretary of State, and the Secretary of Treasury determines as being necessary for the identification of the persons transported and for the enforcement of the immigration laws and to protect safety and national security.
**(d) Appropriate officials
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An alien crewman, including an alien crewman ineligible for a conditional permit to land under [section 1282(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1282/a&num=0&edition=prelim), who is found on arrival in a port of the United States to be afflicted with any of the disabilities or diseases mentioned in [section 1285 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1285&num=0&edition=prelim), shall be placed in a hospital designated by the immigration officer in charge at the port of arrival and treated, all expenses connected therewith, including burial in the event of death, to be borne by the owner, agent, consignee, commanding officer, or master of the vessel or aircraft, and not to be deducted from the crewman’s wages. No such vessel or aircraft shall be granted clearance until such expenses are paid, or their payment appropriately guaranteed, and the collector of customs is so notified by the immigration officer in charge. An alien crewman suspected of being afflicted with any such disability or disease may be removed from the vessel or aircraft on which he arrived to an immigration station, or other appropriate place, for such observation as will enable the examining surgeons to determine definitely whether or not he is so afflicted, all expenses connected therewith to be borne in the manner hereinbefore prescribed. In cases in which it appears to the satisfaction of the immigration officer in charge that it will not be possible within a reasonable time to effect a cure, the return of the alien crewman shall be enforced on, or at the expense of, the transportation line on which he came, upon such conditions as the Attorney General shall prescribe, to insure that the alien
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### Statutory Notes
Sections 137b to 137d, act Mar. 17, 1932, ch. 85, §§ 1–3, 47 Stat. 67, related to alien musicians. See [section 1182(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1182/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 138, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 4, 39 Stat. 878, related to importation of aliens for immoral purposes. See sections 1326, 1328 and 1329 of this title.
Section 139, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 5, 39 Stat. 879, related to contract laborers. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 140, acts Oct. 19, 1888, ch. 1210, § 1, 25 Stat. 566; Apr. 28, 1904, Pub. R. 33, 33 Stat. 591; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737, related to rewards to informer.
Section 141, act Feb. 26, 1885, ch. 164, § 2, 23 Stat. 332, related to validity of contracts for labor of aliens made before importation.
Section 142, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 6, 39 Stat. 879, related to advertisement of employment. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 143, act Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 7, 39 Stat. 879, related to solicitation of immigration by transportation companies. See [section 1330 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1330&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 144, acts Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, § 8, 39 Stat. 880; Mar. 20, 1952, ch. 108, § 1, 66 Stat. 26, related to bringing in or harboring certain aliens. See [section 1324(a) of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title8-section1324/a&num=0&edition=prelim).
Section 145, acts Feb. 5, 1917, ch. 29, §
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TITLE 8—ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
§ 1286
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 6, § 254, 66 Stat.
221; Pub. L. 101–649, title V, § 543(a)(4), Nov. 29,
1990, 104 Stat. 5058; Pub. L. 102–232, title III,
§ 306(c)(4)(C), Dec. 12, 1991, 105 Stat. 1752; Pub. L.
104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(e)(1)(I), (2)(F), (12),
Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–619, 3009–620.)
Editorial Notes
AMENDMENTS
1996—Pub. L. 104–208 substituted ‘‘remove’’ for ‘‘de-
port’’ in subsecs. (a) and (b), ‘‘removal’’ for ‘‘deporta-
tion’’ wherever appearing in subsecs. (a) and (c), and
‘‘removed’’ for ‘‘deported’’ in subsec. (c).
1991—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 102–232 substituted ‘‘Com-
missioner’’ for ‘‘collector of customs’’ before period at
end of penultimate sentence.
1990—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 101–649 substituted ‘‘Com-
missioner the sum of $3,000’’ for ‘‘collector of customs
of the customs district in which the port of arrival is
located or in which the failure to comply with the or-
ders of the officer occurs the sum of $1,000’’ and ‘‘$500’’
for ‘‘$200’’.
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.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1991 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 102–232 effective as if included
in the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1990, Pub.
L. 101–649, see section 310(1) of Pub. L. 102–232, set out
as a note under section 1101 of this title.
EFFECTIVE DATE OF 1990 AMENDMENT
Amendment by Pub. L. 101–649 applicable to actions
taken after Nov. 29, 1990, see section 543(c) of Pub. L.
101–649, set out
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