Legal Definition and Related Resources of Alien Registration Act

An act of Congress (1940) which requires annual registration of aliens over the age of thirteen.

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Alien Registration Act in Historical Law

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What does Alien Registration Act mean in American Law?

The definition of Alien Registration Act in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

A Federal statute (8 U.S.C. § 1301 et seq.) pursuant to which substantially all aliens must register, be fingerprinted, and be subjected to other continuing forms of regulation while in the U.S.