to constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity. Shaw, 309 U.S. at 501, 60 S.Ct. 659 (“No officer by his action can confer jurisdiction.”). “Moreover, a waiver of the Government’s sovereign immunity will be strictly construed, in terms of its scope, in favor of the sovereign.” Lane, 518 U.S. at 192, 116 S.Ct. 2092. We may not enlarge the waiver beyond the purview of the statutory language. United States v. Williams, 514 U.S. 527, 531, 115 S.Ct. 1611, 131 L.Ed.2d 608 (1995). Absent a waiver of sovereign immunity, the federal government is immune from suit. Loeffler v. Frank, 486 U.S. 549, 554, 108 S.Ct. 1965, 100 L.Ed.2d 549 (1988). The absence of such a waiver is a jurisdictional defect. Kulawy v. U.S., 917 F.2d 729, 733 (2d Cir.1990); Bodin v. Vagshenian, 462 F.3d 481, 484 (5th Cir.2006) (<HOLDING>). Under 28 U.S.C. § 2410, Congress has waived
holding that a state defendant waives sovereign immunity when it removes a state court case to federal court thereby deliberately invoking the federal courts subject matter jurisdiction holding that the alien tort statute itself is not a waiver of sovereign immunity holding that federal courts have no subject matter jurisdiction to hear a claim against the united states or one of its agencies absent a clear waiver of sovereign immunity holding that the waiver of sovereign immunity must be clear and unequivocal holding that a lack of a waiver of sovereign immunity deprives federal courts of subject matter jurisdiction