---
kind: "unit"
title: "8"
title_heading: "Aliens and Nationality"
key: "ch12"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 12"
heading: "Immigration and Nationality"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/8/ch12"
sections_count: 232
---

# Chapter 12 — Immigration and Nationality

Title 8 — Aliens and Nationality

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/8/ch12-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Immigration](/usc/8/ch12-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Nationality and Naturalization](/usc/8/ch12-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Refugee Assistance](/usc/8/ch12-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Alien Terrorist Removal Procedures](/usc/8/ch12-schV.md)