US Code

Public Law 119-73 (01/23/2026)

18 U.S.C. § 4113

Status of alien offender transferred to a foreign country

(a)
An alien who is deportable from the United States but who has been granted voluntary departure pursuant to section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act and who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have voluntarily departed from this country.
(b)
An alien who is the subject of an order of removal from the United States pursuant to section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have been removed from this country.
(c)
An alien who is the subject of an order of removal from the United States pursuant to section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, who is transferred to a foreign country pursuant to this chapter shall be deemed for all purposes to have been excluded from admission and removed from the United States.

Pub. L. 95–144, § 191 Stat. 1219Pub. L. 104–208, div. C, title III, § 308(d)(4)(U)110 Stat. 3009–619(Added , , ; amended , (e)(1)(Q), (2)(I), (g)(3)(B), (5)(A)(iv), , , 3009–620, 3009–622, 3009–623.)

Editorial Notes

References in Text

section 1229c of Title 8Section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsec. (a), is classified to , Aliens and Nationality.

section 1229a of Title 8Section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act, referred to in subsecs. (b) and (c), is classified to .

Amendments

Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(g)(5)(A)(iv)(I)section 1254(e) of title 81996—Subsec. (a). , substituted “section 240B of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “section 1252(b) or , United States Code,”.

Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(g)(5)(A)(iv)(II)section 1252 of title 8Subsec. (b). , substituted “section 240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “, United States Code,”.

Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(e)(1)(Q), (2)(I), substituted “removal” for “deportation” and “removed” for “deported”.

Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(g)(3)(B)Subsec. (c). , substituted “240 of the Immigration and Nationality Act” for “1226 of title 8, United States Code”.

Pub. L. 104–208, § 308(d)(4)(U), (e)(2)(I), substituted “removal” for “exclusion and deportation” and “removed” for “deported”.

Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

Effective Date of 1997 Amendment

Pub. L. 104–208section 309 of Pub. L. 104–208section 1101 of Title 8Amendment by effective, with certain transitional provisions, on the first day of the first month beginning more than 180 days after , see , set out as a note under , Aliens and Nationality.