8 U.S.C. 1227: Deportable aliens

2008

• Pub. L. 110–457, §222(f)(2), added subpar. (F). (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 110–340 added subpar. (F). (Child Soldiers Accountability Act of 2008) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 110–457, §204, added subsec. (d). (William Wilberforce Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2008) Law text · (d)

2006

• Pub. L. 109–271 amended cl. (ii) generally. Prior to amendment, cl. (ii) read as follows: "is an alien who qualifies for classification under clause (iii) or (iv) of section 1154(a)(1)(A) of this title or clause (ii) or (iii) of section 1154(a)(1)(B) of this title." (Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2005) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 109–248 added cl. (v) and redesignated former cl. (v) as (vi). (Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006) Law text · (a), (vi)

2005

• Pub. L. 109–13, §105(a)(1), reenacted heading without change and amended text generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any alien who has engaged, is engaged, or at any time after admission engages in any terrorist activity (as defined in section 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv) of … (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 109–13, §105(b), repealed Pub. L. 108–458, §5402. See 2004 Amendment note below. (Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act for Defense, the Global War on Terror, and Tsunami Relief, 2005) Law text · (a)

2004

• Pub. L. 108–458, §5304(b), substituted "United States, or whose nonimmigrant visa (or other documentation authorizing admission into the United States as a nonimmigrant) has been revoked under section 1201(i) of this title, is" for "United States is". (Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 108–458, §5501(b), substituted "Participated in Nazi persecution, genocide, or the commission of any act of torture or extrajudicial killing" for "Assisted in Nazi persecution or engaged in genocide" in heading and "clause (i), (ii), or (iii)" for "clause (i) or (ii)" in … (Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 108–458, §5502(b), added subpar. (E) relating to participation in the commission of severe violations of religious freedom. (Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 108–458, §5402, which added subpar. (E) relating to recipient of military-type training, was repealed by Pub. L. 109–13, §105(b). See Effective Date of 2005 Amendment note below. (Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004) Law text · (a)

2001

• Pub. L. 107–56 substituted "section 1182(a)(3)(B)(iv) of this title" for "section 1182(a)(3)(B)(iii) of this title". (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001) Law text · (a)

2000

• Pub. L. 106–386, §1505(c)(2), redesignated cls. (i) and (ii) as subcls. (I) and (II), respectively, of cl. (i), and added cl. (ii). (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 106–395, §201(c)(2), amended heading and text of subpar. (D) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any alien who falsely represents, or has falsely represented, himself to be a citizen of the United States for any purpose or benefit under this chapter (inc… (Child Citizenship Act of 2000) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 106–395, §201(c)(1), amended heading and text of par. (6) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any alien who has voted in violation of any Federal, State, or local constitutional provision, statute, ordinance, or regulation is deportable." (Child Citizenship Act of 2000) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 106–386, §1505(b)(1), added par. (7). (Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000) Law text · (a)

1996

• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(e)(2)(C), substituted "removed" for "deported" in introductory provisions. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §301(d)(1), substituted "in and admitted to the United States" for "in the United States" in introductory provisions. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §301(d)(2), substituted "Inadmissible" for "Excludable" in par. heading. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §§301(d)(3), 308(d)(3)(A), amended subpar. (A) identically, substituting "inadmissible" for "excludable". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §301(d)(2), substituted "Inadmissible" for "Excludable" in subpar. heading. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §301(d)(4), amended heading and text of subpar. (B) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any alien who entered the United States without inspection or at any time or place other than as designated by the Attorney General or is in the United State… (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §351(b), inserted "an individual who at the time of the offense was" after "aided only". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §671(d)(1)(C), struck out heading and text of subpar. (F). Text read as follows: "Any alien who obtains the status of an alien lawfully admitted for temporary residence under section 1161 of this title who fails to meet the requirement of section 1161(d)(5)(A) of… (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(L), substituted "admission" for "entry" wherever appearing. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(5), which directed amendment of subsec. (a)(1)(H)(ii) by striking "at entry", was executed by striking "at entry" after "grounds of inadmissibility" in concluding provisions of subpar. (H) to reflect the probable intent of Congress. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(M), substituted "admission as aliens" for "entry as aliens" in introductory provisions and "such admission" for "such entry" in cl. (ii). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(e)(1)(E), substituted "removal" for "deportation" wherever appearing. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(d)(2)(A), (3)(A), amended subpar. (H) identically, substituting "inadmissible" for "excludable" in introductory provisions. (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §671(a)(4)(B), substituted "1255(j)" for "1255(i)". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–132, §435(a), amended subcl. (II) generally. Prior to amendment, subcl. (II) read as follows: "either is sentenced to confinement or is confined therefor in a prison or correctional institution for one year or longer,". (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a), (iii)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §108(c)(2), added cl. (iv). Former cl. (iv) redesignated (v). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §108(c)(3), substituted "(iii), and (iv)" for "and (iii)". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §108(c)(1), redesignated cl. (iv) as (v). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry" in cls. (i) and (ii). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §350(a), added subpar. (E). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a), (ii)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §345(b), amended heading and text of subpar. (C) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: "Any alien who is the subject of a final order for violation of section 1324c of this title is deportable." (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §344(b), added subpar. (D). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(f)(1)(N), substituted "admission" for "entry". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a), (B)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(d)(2)(B), substituted "inadmissibility" for "excludability". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §347(b), added par. (6). (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (a)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(d)(2)(C), substituted "inadmissibility" for "exclusion". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (c)
• Pub. L. 104–208, §308(d)(2)(D), struck out subsec. (d) which read as follows: "Notwithstanding any other provision of this subchapter, an alien found in the United States who has not been admitted to the United States after inspection in accordance with section 1225 of this title is de… (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (d)
• Pub. L. 104–132, §414(a), added subsec. (d). (Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996) Law text · (d)

1994

• Pub. L. 103–322 inserted "(or 10 years in the case of an alien provided lawful permanent resident status under section 1255(i) of this title)" after "five years". · (a)
• Pub. L. 103–416, §203(b)(1), substituted ", or of attempting or conspiring to purchase, sell, offer for sale, exchange, use, own, possess, or carry," for "in violation of any law," and inserted "in violation of any law" after "title 18)". · (a)
• Pub. L. 103–416, §203(b)(2), inserted "an attempt or" before "a conspiracy". · (a), (iii)
• Pub. L. 103–416, §219(g), substituted "and (3)(A) of subsection (a)" for "or (3)(A) of subsection (a)". · (c)

1991

• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(1), substituted "if the alien is within one or more of the following classes of deportable aliens" for "if the alien is deportable as being within one or more of the following classes of aliens". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(2), inserted "respective" after "terminated under such". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(3), inserted "any" after "at the time of" and after "within 5 years of the date of" in parenthetical provision. · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(4), added cl. (ii) and redesignated former cl. (ii) as (iii). · (a), (iii)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(5), substituted "section 1182(a)(6)(C)(i)" for "section 1182(a)(5)(C)(i)". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(6), substituted "paragraph (4)(D)" for "paragraph (6) or (7)". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(7), inserted "or attempt" after "conspiracy". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(8), added subpar. (C). · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(9), substituted "after entry engages" for "after entry has engaged". · (a), (B)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(h)(10), substituted "excludability" for "excluability". · (a)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(k)(2), redesignated subsec. (h) as (c) and substituted "existed" for "exist". · (c)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(k)(1), struck out subsec. (d) which related to applicability of this section to aliens belonging to any of the classes enumerated in subsection (a) of this section. · (d)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §307(k)(2), redesignated subsec. (h) as (c). · (h)
• Pub. L. 102–232, §302(d)(3), struck out comma after "(3)(A)". · (h)

1990

• Pub. L. 101–649, §602(a), amended subsec. (a) generally, consolidating 20 categories of excludable aliens into 5 broader classes. · (a)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §544(b), added par. (21) which read as follows: "is the subject of a final order for violation of section 1324c of this title." · (a)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §508(a), substituted "conspiracy or attempt" for "conspiracy" in par. (11). · (a)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §602(b), redesignated subsec. (e) as (b), substituted "paragraph (4) of subsection (a)" for "subsection (a)(6) or (7) of this section" and struck out former subsec. (b) which related to nonapplicability of subsec. (a)(4) of this section. · (b)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §505(a), struck out "(1)" after "crimes shall not apply" and ", or (2) if the court sentencing such alien for such crime shall make, at the time of first imposing judgment or passing sentence, or within thirty days thereafter, a recommendation to the Attorney General that such alie… · (b)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §602(b)(1), struck out subsec. (c) which related to fraudulent entry. · (c)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §602(b)(2)(B), redesignated subsec. (e) as (b). · (e)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §602(b)(1), struck out subsecs. (f) and (g) which related to waiver of deportation in specified cases and hardship waivers, respectively. · (f), (g)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §153(b)(2), amended subsec. (h) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (h) read as follows: "Paragraphs (1), (2), (5), (9), or (12) of subsection (a) of this section (other than so much of paragraph (1) as relates to a ground of exclusion described in paragraph (9), (1… · (h)
• Pub. L. 101–649, §153(b)(1), added subsec. (h). · (h)

1988

• Pub. L. 100–690, §7344(a), inserted cl. (B). · (a)
• Pub. L. 100–690 inserted "any firearm or destructive device (as defined in paragraphs (3) and (4)), respectively, of section 921(a) of title 18, or any revolver or" after "law". · (a)
• Pub. L. 100–525, §9(m), substituted "amendment, thereof, known as the Trading With the Enemy Act" for "amendment thereof; the Trading With the Enemy Act". · (a)
• Pub. L. 100–525, §2(n)(2), substituted "an alien lawfully admitted" for "an alien who becomes lawfully admitted". · (a)

1986

• Pub. L. 99–639, §2(b)(1), designated existing provisions as cl. (A) and added cl. (B). · (a)
• Pub. L. 99–653 repealed par. (10). Prior to repeal, par. (10) read as follows: "entered the United States from foreign contiguous territory or adjacent islands, having arrived there on a vessel or aircraft of a nonsignatory transportation company under section 1228(a) of this title… · (a)
• Pub. L. 99–570 substituted "any law or regulation of a State, the United States, or a foreign country relating to a controlled substance (as defined in section 802 of title 21)" for "any law or regulation relating to the illicit possession of or traffic in narcotic drugs or marihua… · (a)
• Pub. L. 99–603 added par. (20). · (a)
• Pub. L. 99–639, §2(b)(2), added subsec. (g). · (g)

1981

• Pub. L. 97–116 designated existing provision as par. (1)(A), substituted provision authorizing discretionary waiver of deportation based on visa fraud or misrepresentation in the case of an alien, other than an alien described in subsec. (a)(19) of this section, who is the spouse, pare… · (f)

1978

• Pub. L. 95–549 added par. (19). · (a)

1976

• Pub. L. 94–571 substituted "(other than an alien described in section 1101(a)(27)(A) of this title and aliens born in the Western Hemisphere)" for "(other than an alien who is a native-born citizen of any of the countries enumerated in section 1101(a)(27)(A) of this title and an al… · (a)

1965

• Pub. L. 89–236 substituted "section 1101(a)(27)(A) of this title" for "section 1101(a)(27)(C) of this title". · (a)

1961

• Pub. L. 87–301 added subsec. (f). · (f)

1960

• Pub. L. 86–648 inserted "or marihuana" after "narcotic drugs". · (a)