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8 U.S.C. 1537: Custody and release after removal hearing

Created in 1996 by the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-132). Changed by 1 later law. No bill we track in this Congress changes it.

1 other section of the Code cite this one, including 8 U.S.C. 1535.

How it got hereLaws that created or changed it, newest first

1996Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act

1996Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996added it

8 U.S.C. 1537Custody and release after removal hearing

(a)Release

(b)Custody and removal

(c)Continued detention pending trial

(d)Application of certain provisions relating to escape of prisoners

(e)Rights of aliens in custody

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No bill we track in the 119th Congress changes this section.

How it got here

1996

Pub. L. 104–208 substituted "removal because such alien is inadmissible" for "exclusion because such alien is excludable". (Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act) Law text · (b)

Text, outline and history from the official U.S. Code (2024 edition) on GovInfo, published by the Office of the Law Revision Counsel. Changes made after that edition appear under This Congress.