Chapter 690. Making it a felony with penalty for certain aliens to enter the United States of America under certain conditions in violation of law

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Chap. 690: Making it a felony with penalty for certain aliens to enter the United States of America under certain conditions in violation of law. 1929-03-04 690 Chapter 45 Stat. 1551 70 2 United States Government Publishing Office text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Digitization Vendor 2025-01-24 public 1551 Chapter 690.— An Act Making it a felony with penalty for certain aliens to enter the United States of America under certain conditions in violation of law.

March 4, 1929.[[S. 5094](/us/bill/70/s/5094).][[Public, No. 1018](/us/pl/70/1018).] *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, * That

(a)if anyImmigration.Deported alien attempting to reenter, guilty of a felony. alien has been arrested and deported in pursuance of law, he shall be excluded from admission to the United States whether such deportation took place before or after the enactment of this Act, and if he enters or attempts to enter the United States after the expiration of sixty days after the enactment of this Act, he shall be guilty of a felony and upon conviction thereof shall, unless a different penalty is otherwise expressly provided by law, be punishedPunishment for. by imprisonment for not more than two years or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment.

(b)For the purposes of this section any alien ordered deportedAlien ordered deported, who has left the United States, considered lawfully deported. (whether before or after the enactment of this Act) who has left the United States shall be considered to have been deported in pursuance of law, irrespective of the source from which the expenses of his transportation were defrayed or of the place to which he departed.

(c)An alien subject to exclusion from admission to the UnitedShip employee liable to exclusion not permitted to land. States under this section who is employed upon a vessel arriving in the United States shall not be entitled to any of the landing privileges allowed by law to seamen.

(d)So much of section 3 of the Immigration Act of 1917 [U. S.Restriction on readmissions.Matter stricken out. C. Title 8, § 136(j)] as reads as follows: “persons who have been deported under any of the provisions of this Act, and who may again seek admission within one year from the date of such deportationVol. 39, p. 876, amended. unless prior to their reembarkation at a foreign port or[U. S. Code, p. 132](/us/usc/p132). their attempt to be admitted from foreign contiguous territory the Secretary of Labor shall have consented to their reapplying for admission” is amended to read as follows: “persons who have beenMatter substituted. excluded from admission and deported in pursuance of law, and who may again seek admission within one year from the date of such deportation, unless prior to their reembarkation at a place outside the United States or their attempt to be admitted from foreign contiguous territory the Secretary of Labor has consented to their reapplying for admission”.

(e)So much of section 18 of the Immigration Act of 1917 [U. S.Bringing in deported alien.Matter stricken out.Vol. 39, p. 888, amended.[U. S. Code, p. 138](/us/usc/p138). C. Title 8, § 154] as reads as follows: “or knowingly to bring to the United States at any time within one year from the date of deportation any alien rejected or arrested and deported under any provision of this Act, unless prior to reembarkation the Secretary of Labor has consented that such alien shall reapply for admission, as required by section 3 hereof” is amended to read as follows: “or knowingly toMatter substituted. bring to the United States any alien excluded or arrested and deported under any provision of law until such time as such alien may be lawfully entitled to reapply for admission to the United States”. The amendment made by this subsection shall take effectEffective in 60 days. on the expiration of sixty days after the enactment of this Act, but the provision amended shall remain in force for the collection of any fine incurred before the effective date of such amendment. Sec. 2. Any alien who hereafter enters the United States at anyPunishment for illegal entry. time or place other than as designated by immigration officials or eludes examination or inspection by immigration officials, or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished by imprisonment for not more than one year or by a fine of not more than $1,000, or by both such fine and imprisonment. 1552 Sec. 3. Alien under sentence deported, after termination of imprisonment. An alien sentenced to imprisonment shall not be deported under any provision of law until after the termination of the imprisonment. For the purposes of this section the imprisonment shall be considered as terminated upon the release of the alien from confinement, whether or not he is subject to rearrest or further confinement in respect of the same offense. Sec. 4. Detailed record of convictions to be notified to Secretary of Labor. Upon the final conviction of any alien of any offense under this Act in any court of record it shall be the duty of the clerk of the court to notify the Secretary of Labor, giving the name of the alien convicted, the nature of the offense of which convicted, the sentence imposed, and, if imprisoned, the place of imprisonment, and, if known, the place of birth of such alien, his nationality, and the time when and place where he entered the United States. Sec. 5. Terms in Immigration Act applicable to this Act. Terms defined in the Immigration Act of 1924 shall, when used in this Act, have the meaning assigned to such terms in that Act. Approved, March 4, 1929.

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