What is the test for interpreting section 1357(g)(10) of the Immigration Code?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from USA v. State of Ariz., No. 10-16645, No. 2:10-cv-01413-SRB (9th Cir. 2011):

Further, "the meaning of a statute must, in the first instance, be sought in the language in which the act is framed, and if that is plain, and if the law is within the constitutional authority of the lawmaking body which passed it, the sole function of the courts is to enforce it according to its terms." Caminetti v. United States, 242 U.S. 470, 485 (1917). Section 1357(g)(10) need not be interpreted at allits plain language states that "Nothing in this subsection [8 U.S.C. 1357(g)] shall be construed to require an agreement under this subsection in order for any officer . . . to communicate with the Attorney General regarding the immigration status of any individual." There is no need to place restrictions on this meaning, through terms such as "calls upon," "necessity," "systematic," and "routine," because the statute's meaning is clear and includes no such limitations.

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