Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73
§1358 Local jurisdiction over immigrant stations
Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - IMMIGRATION › Part Part IX— - Miscellaneous › § 1358
Summary
The person in charge must let state and local law officers into an immigrant station so they can keep the peace, make arrests for state or territorial crimes, and state and local courts have authority there.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1358
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The officers in charge of the various immigrant stations shall admit therein the proper State and local officers charged with the enforcement of the laws of the State or Territory of the United States in which any such immigrant station is located in order that such State and local officers may preserve the peace and make arrests for crimes under the laws of the States and Territories. For the purpose of this section the jurisdiction of such State and local officers and of the State and local courts shall extend over such immigrant stations.
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1358
Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73