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[CITE: 8USC1329]

 
                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
                 CHAPTER 12--IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
 
                       SUBCHAPTER II--IMMIGRATION
 
                  Part VIII--General Penalty Provisions
 
Sec. 1329. Jurisdiction of district courts

    The district courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of 
all causes, civil and criminal, brought by the United States that arise 
under the provisions of this subchapter. It shall be the duty of the 
United States attorney of the proper district to prosecute every such 
suit when brought by the United States. Notwithstanding any other law, 
such prosecutions or suits may be instituted at any place in the United 
States at which the violation may occur or at which the person charged 
with a violation under section 1325 or 1326 of this title may be 
apprehended. No suit or proceeding for a violation of any of the 
provisions of this subchapter shall be settled, compromised, or 
discontinued without the consent of the court in which it is pending and 
any such settlement, compromise, or discontinuance shall be entered of 
record with the reasons therefor. Nothing in this section shall be 
construed as providing jurisdiction for suits against the United States 
or its agencies or officers.

(June 27, 1952, ch. 477, title II, ch. 8, Sec. 279, 66 Stat. 230; Pub. 
L. 104-208, div. C, title III, Sec. 381(a), Sept. 30, 1996, 110 Stat. 
3009-650.)


                               Amendments

    1996--Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 381(a)(2), inserted at end ``Nothing in 
this section shall be construed as providing jurisdiction for suits 
against the United States or its agencies or officers.''
    Pub. L. 104-208, Sec. 381(a)(1), amended first sentence generally. 
Prior to amendment, first sentence read as follows: ``The district 
courts of the United States shall have jurisdiction of all causes, civil 
and criminal, arising under any of the provisions of this subchapter.''


                    Effective Date of 1996 Amendment

    Section 381(b) of div. C of Pub. L. 104-208 provided that: ``The 
amendments made by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall apply to 
actions filed after the date of the enactment of this Act [Sept. 30, 
1996].''
