Sec. 501. REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR COSTS OF INCARCERATING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CERTAIN CUBAN NATIONALS
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## SEC. 501 REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR COSTS OF INCARCERATING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CERTAIN CUBAN NATIONALS ###
(a)Reimbursement of States Subject to the amounts provided in advance in appropriation Acts, the Attorney General shall reimburse a State for the costs incurred by the State for the imprisonment of any illegal alien or Cuban national who is convicted of a felony by such State. ###
(b)Illegal Aliens Convicted of a Felony An illegal alien referred to in subsection
(a)is any alien who is any alien convicted of a felony who is in the United States unlawfully and— ####
(1)whose most recent entry into the United States was without inspection, or ####
(2)whose most recent admission to the United States was as a nonimmigrant and— #####
(A)whose period of authorized stay as a nonimmigrant expired, or #####
(B)whose unlawful status was known to the Government, before the date of the commission of the crime for which the alien is convicted. ###
(c)Marielito Cubans Convicted of a Felony A Marielito Cuban convicted of a felony referred to in subsection
(a)is a national of Cuba who— ####
(1)was allowed by the Attorney General to come to the United States in 1980, ####
(2)after such arrival committed any violation of State or local law for which a term of imprisonment was imposed, and ####
(3)at the time of such arrival and at the time of such violation was not an alien lawfully admitted to the United States— #####
(A)for permanent or temporary residence, or #####
(B)under the terms of an immigrant visa or a nonimmigrant visa issued, under the laws of the United States. ###
(d)Authorization of Appropriation There are authorized to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to carry out the purposes of this section. ###
(e)State Defined The term “**State**” has the meaning given such term in section 101(a)(36) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(36)). # TITLE VI COMMISSION FOR THE STUDY OF INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION AND COOPERATIVE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
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REIMBURSEMENT OF STATES FOR COSTS OF INCARCERATING ILLEGAL ALIENS AND CERTAIN CUBAN NATIONALS
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