Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-102

§1260 Removal of Aliens Falling Into Distress

Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part V — Adjustment and Change of Status › § 1260

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Attorney General can return a noncitizen who needs aid after entering to their home or any country willing to accept them, using enforcement funds. Anyone returned cannot get a visa or come back without Attorney General's prior approval.

Full Legal Text

Title 8, §1260

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The Attorney General may remove from the United States any alien who falls into distress or who needs public aid from causes arising subsequent to his entry, and is desirous of being so removed, to the native country of such alien, or to the country from which he came, or to the country of which he is a citizen or subject, or to any other country to which he wishes to go and which will receive him, at the expense of the appropriation for the enforcement of this chapter. Any alien so removed shall be ineligible to apply for or receive a visa or other documentation for readmission, or to apply for admission to the United States except with the prior approval of the Attorney General.

Legislative History

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Editorial Notes

References in Text

This chapter, referred to in text, was in the original, “this Act”, meaning act June 27, 1952, ch. 477, 66 Stat. 163, known as the Immigration and Nationality Act, which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 1101 of this title and Tables.

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.

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Citation

8 U.S.C. § 1260

Title 8, Aliens and Nationality

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102