Title 8 — Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-73
§1366 Annual report on criminal aliens
Title 8 › Chapter CHAPTER 12— - IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER II— - IMMIGRATION › Part Part IX— - Miscellaneous › § 1366
Summary
Within 12 months after September 30, 1996, and yearly thereafter, the Attorney General must send Congressional Judiciary Committees a report. It must give counts by crime of noncitizens jailed for felonies and of felony convictions not jailed prior year, describe DOJ removal plans, and ways to stop removed criminals reentering.
Full Legal Text
Title 8, §1366
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Not later than 12 months after September 30, 1996, and annually thereafter, the Attorney General shall submit to the Committees on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report detailing—
(1)the number of illegal aliens incarcerated in Federal and State prisons for having committed felonies, stating the number incarcerated for each type of offense;
(2)the number of illegal aliens convicted of felonies in any Federal or State court, but not sentenced to incarceration, in the year before the report was submitted, stating the number convicted for each type of offense;
(3)programs and plans underway in the Department of Justice to ensure the prompt removal from the United States of criminal aliens subject to removal; and
(4)methods for identifying and preventing the unlawful reentry of aliens who have been convicted of criminal offenses in the United States and removed from the United States.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was enacted as part of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, and also as part of the Omnibus Consolidated Appropriations Act, 1997, and not as part of the Immigration and Nationality Act which comprises this chapter.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service and
Transfer of Functions
For abolition of Immigration and Naturalization Service,
Transfer of Functions
, and treatment of related references, see note set out under section 1551 of this title.
Reference
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Citation
8 U.S.C. § 1366
Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73