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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1360', '§ 290', '§ 9', '§ 308', '§ 414', '§ 308', '§ 414', '§ 414', '§ 3']

8 U.S. Code § 1360 - Establishment of central file; information from other departments and agencies | LII / Legal Information Institute
Establishment of central file There shall be established in the office of the Commissioner, for the use of security and enforcement agencies of the Government of the United States, a central index, which shall contain the names of all aliens heretofore admitted or denied admission to the United States, insofar as such information is available from the existing records of the Service, and the names of all aliens hereafter admitted or denied admission to the United States, the names of their sponsors of record, if any, and such other relevant information as the Attorney General shall require as an aid to the proper enforcement of this chapter.
Information from other departments and agencies Any information in any records kept by any department or agency of the Government as to the identity and location of aliens in the United States shall be made available to the Service upon request made by the Attorney General to the head of any such department or agency.
Reports on social security account numbers and earnings of aliens not authorized to work (1)
Certification of search of Service records A written certification signed by the Attorney General or by any officer of the Service designated by the Attorney General to make such certification, that after diligent search no record or entry of a specified nature is found to exist in the records of the Service, shall be admissible as evidence in any proceeding as evidence that the records of the Service contain no such record or entry, and shall have the same effect as the testimony of a witness given in open court.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 9, § 290,66 Stat. 234; Pub. L. 100–525, § 9(q),Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2621; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(M), title IV, § 414(a),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–618, 3009–669.)
1996—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(d)(4)(M), substituted “admitted or denied admission to the United States” for “admitted to the United States, or excluded therefrom” in two places.
Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 104–208, § 414(a), amended subsec. (c) generally. Prior to amendment, subsec. (c) read as follows: “The Secretary of Health and Human Services shall notify the Attorney General upon request whenever any alien is issued a social security account number and social security card. The Secretary shall also furnish such available information as may be requested by the Attorney General regarding the identity and location of aliens in the United States.”
1988—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 100–525substituted “Secretary of Health and Human Services” for “Federal Security Administrator” and “The Secretary” for “The Administrator”.
Amendment by section 308(d)(4)(M) ofPub. L. 104–208effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after Sept. 30, 1996, see section 309 ofPub. L. 104–208, set out as a note under section 1101 of this title.
Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title IV, § 414(b),Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–669, as amended by Pub. L. 108–156, § 3(d),Dec. 3, 2003, 117 Stat. 1945, directed the Commissioner of Social Security to transmit to the Secretary of Homeland Security, by not later than 1 year after Sept. 30, 1996, a report on the extent to which social security account numbers and cards were used by aliens for fraudulent purposes.