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8 U.S.C. § 1555

Immigration Service expenses

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Appropriations now or hereafter provided for the Immigration and Naturalization Service shall be available for payment of (a) hire of privately owned horses for use on official business, under contract with officers or employees of the Service; (b) pay of interpreters and translators who are not citizens of the United States; (c) distribution of citizenship textbooks to aliens without cost to such aliens; (d) payment of allowances (at such rate as may be specified from time to time in the appropriation Act involved) to aliens, while held in custody under the immigration laws, for work performed; and (e) when so specified in the appropriation concerned, expenses of unforeseen emergencies of a confidential character, to be expended under the direction of the Attorney General, who shall make a certificate of the amount of any such expenditure as he may think it advisable not to specify, and every such certificate shall be deemed a sufficient voucher for the sum therein expressed to have been expended.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 10 cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1990–2025 · leading case: Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd.
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Taniguchi v. Kan Pacific Saipan, Ltd. (2012) scotus · cites it 2× “, 8 U. S. C. §1555 (b) (providing that appropriations for the Immigra- tion and Naturalization Service “shall be available for payment of .”
Wilhen Hill Barrientos v. Corecivic, Inc. (2020) ca11 · cites it 2× “” 8 U.S.C. § 1555 (d). 6 Case: 18-15081 Date Filed: 02/28/2020 Page: 7 of 24 least $1.”
Jose Rudolfo Alvarado Guevara v. Immigration and Naturalization Service (1990) ca5 · cites it 4× “Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1555 (d), 1 which provides for payment of allowances to aliens for work performed while held in custody under the immigration laws, volunteers are compensated one dollar ($1.”
Washington v. GEO Grp., Inc. (2017) wawd “" § 1555(d) (emphasis added). Under this section, Congress arguably speaks to detainee wages when Congress appropriates payment of allowances to detainees for work performed, but although § 1555(d) is still in effect, Congress has not specified any rate for detainee work since…”
Ugochukwu Nwauzor v. the Geo Group, Inc. (2025) ca9 · cites it 4× “” 8 U.S.C. § 1555 . This statute empowers Congress to appropriate funds to ICE to pay allowances to detainees who perform work while detained.”
Chao Chen v. GEO Grp., Inc. (2017) wawd “Under this section, Congress arguably speaks to detainee wages when Congress appropriates payment of allowances to detainees for work performed, but although *1166 § 1555(d) is still in effect, Congress has not specified any rate for detainee work since fiscal year 1979.”
Ugochukwu Nwauzor v. the Geo Group, Inc. (2025) ca9 · cites it 2× “” 8 U.S.C. § 1555 (d). Given that these detainees are not “employees,” Congress last set the rate for these allowances at $1 per day in 1978.”
Yeend v. Akima Global Services, LLC (2021) nynd “” 8 U.S.C. § 1555 (d). The rate of pay for such work “may be specified from time to time in the appropriation Act involved.”
Yeend v. Akima Global Services, LLC (2022) nynd “” 8 U.S.C. § 1555 (d). The rate of pay for such work “may be specified from time to time in the appropriation Act involved.”
Yeend v. Akima Global Services, LLC (2024) nynd “See 8 U.S.C. § 1555 . At BFDF, detainees participating in the VWP provide certain labor to the facility, including delivering and serving meals, washing dishes, cleaning common areas and bathrooms, preparing food, maintaining facility grounds, and working in the library.”
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