Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/8/1259
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1259', '§\u202f1259', '§\u202f249', '§\u202f19', '§\u202f203', '§\u202f2', '§\u202f603', '§\u202f413', '§\u202f308', '§\u202f203']

8 U.S. Code § 1259 - Record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972 | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
§ 1259.
Record of admission for permanent residence in the case of certain aliens who entered the United States prior to January 1, 1972
is not ineligible to citizenship and is not deportable under section 1227(a)(4)(B) of this title.
(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 5, § 249, 66 Stat. 219; Pub. L. 85–616, Aug. 8, 1958, 72 Stat. 546; Pub. L. 89–236, § 19, Oct. 3, 1965, 79 Stat. 920; Pub. L. 99–603, title II, § 203(a), Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3405; Pub. L. 100–525, § 2(j), Oct. 24, 1988, 102 Stat. 2612; Pub. L. 101–649, title VI, § 603(a)(14), Nov. 29, 1990, 104 Stat. 5083; Pub. L. 104–132, title IV, § 413(e), Apr. 24, 1996, 110 Stat. 1269; Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(g)(10)(C), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 3009–625.)
1996—Par. (d). Pub. L. 104–208 substituted “section 1227(a)(4)(B)” for “section 1251(a)(4)(B)”.
Pub. L. 104–132 inserted “and is not deportable under section 1251(a)(4)(B) of this title” after “ineligible to citizenship”.
1990—Pub. L. 101–649 substituted “1182(a)(3)(E)” for “1182(a)(33)”.
1986—Pub. L. 99–603, as amended by Pub. L. 100–525, inserted “under section 1182(a)(33) of this title or” in introductory provisions and substituted “January 1, 1972” for “June 30, 1948” in section heading and in par. (a).
1965—Pub. L. 89–236 substituted “June 30, 1948” for “June 28, 1940”.
Pub. L. 99–603, title II, § 203(c), Nov. 6, 1986, 100 Stat. 3405, provided that: “The numerical limitations of sections 201 and 202 of the Immigration and Nationality Act [8 U.S.C. 1151, 1152] shall not apply to aliens provided lawful permanent resident status under section 249 of that Act [8 U.S.C. 1259].”