Title 8, Aliens and NationalityRelease 119-102
§1358 Local Jurisdiction Over Immigrant Stations
Title 8 › CHAPTER 12 — IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY › SUBCHAPTER II — IMMIGRATION › Part IX — Miscellaneous › § 1358
Summary
Officers in charge of immigrant stations must let the proper state and local law officers enter to keep the peace and make arrests under state or territorial law. State and local officers and courts have authority over those stations.
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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8 U.S.C. § 1358
Title 8, Aliens and Nationality
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102