Pub. L. 103-333, tit. V, sec. 511

Sec. 511. None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available under this Act may be obligated in violation of existing Federal law or regulation already prohibiting such benefit or assistance. None of the funds appropriated under this Act may be used by any Federal official, or any State or local official, to induce undocumented immigrants to apply for Federal benefits for which such officials know or should know such undocumented immigrants are not eligible. In no case, however, shall Federal, State, or local officials be penalized for efforts to ensure that eligible persons are not excluded from participation in, denied the benefits of, or subjected to discrimination by any program receiving funds under this Act, on the grounds of race, color, or national origin-based traits, including language. Each State agency and each other entity administering a program under which verification of immigration status is required by section 121 of the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 shall participate in the system for the verification of such status established by the Commissioner of the Immigration and Naturalization Service pursuant to section 121(c) of that Act, unless an alternative system is available and employed for such purposes which is found to meet the criteria for waiver under section 121(c)(4).