8 U.S.C. § 1183 : US Code - Section 1183: Admission of aliens on giving bond or undertaking; return upon permanent departure

Search 8 U.S.C. § 1183 : US Code - Section 1183: Admission of aliens on giving bond or undertaking; return upon permanent departure

An alien inadmissible under paragraph (4) of section 1182(a) of
this title may, if otherwise admissible, be admitted in the
discretion of the Attorney General (subject to the affidavit of
support requirement and attribution of sponsor's income and
resources under section 1183a of this title) upon the giving of a
suitable and proper bond or undertaking approved by the Attorney
General, in such amount and containing such conditions as he may
prescribe, to the United States, and to all States, territories,
counties, towns, municipalities, and districts thereof holding the
United States and all States, territories, counties, towns,
municipalities, and districts thereof harmless against such alien
becoming a public charge. Such bond or undertaking shall terminate
upon the permanent departure from the United States, the
naturalization, or the death of such alien, and any sums or other
security held to secure performance thereof, except to the extent
forfeited for violation of the terms thereof, shall be returned to
the person by whom furnished, or to his legal representatives. Suit
may be brought thereon in the name and by the proper law officers
of the United States for the use of the United States, or of any
State, territory, district, county, town, or municipality in which
such alien becomes a public charge, irrespective of whether a
demand for payment of public expenses has been made.