Title 6 — Domestic SecurityRelease 119-73
§522 Statutory construction
Title 6 › Chapter CHAPTER 1— - HOMELAND SECURITY ORGANIZATION › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER XI— - DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE DIVISIONS › Part Part A— - Executive Office for Immigration Review › § 522
Summary
Stops courts from giving less weight to rules and decisions by Homeland Security or the Attorney General.
Full Legal Text
Title 6, §522
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Nothing in this chapter, any amendment made by this chapter, or in section 1103 of title 8, shall be construed to limit judicial deference to regulations, adjudications, interpretations, orders, decisions, judgments, or any other actions of the Secretary of Homeland Security or the Attorney General.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
References in Text
This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original “this Act”, meaning Pub. L. 107–296, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2135, known as the Homeland Security Act of 2002, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date
Section effective on the date of the
Transfer of Functions
from the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization to officials of the Department of Homeland Security (Mar. 1, 2003), see section 1104 of Pub. L. 107–296, as added by Pub. L. 108–7, set out as a note under section 521 of this title.
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Citation
6 U.S.C. § 522
Title 6 — Domestic Security
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73