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title: "8 U.S.C. § 1644"
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# 8 U.S.C. § 1644 - Communication between State and local government agencies and Immigration and Naturalization Service
## Text
Notwithstanding any other provision of Federal, State, or local law, no State or local government entity may be prohibited, or in any way restricted, from sending to or receiving from the Immigration and Naturalization Service information regarding the immigration status, lawful or unlawful, of an alien in the United States.
(Pub. L. 104193, title IV, § 434, Aug. 22, 1996, 110 Stat. 2275.)
## Notes
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.