Immigration and Naturalization Service

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The Immigration and Naturalization Service was a former U.S. federal agency responsible for administering and enforcing immigration and naturalization laws before its functions were reorganized under the Department of Homeland Security.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf former United States federal agency
immigration authority
country United States of America
dissolutionCause creation of the Department of Homeland Security
dissolutionTransferredTo Department of Homeland Security NERFINISHED
dissolvedIn 2003
employerOf Border Patrol agents
deportation officers
immigration adjudications officers
immigration inspectors
establishedIn 1933
field alien registration
border control
deportation proceedings
immigration law enforcement
naturalization administration
refugee and asylum processing
visa processing
function administering U.S. immigration laws
administering naturalization of immigrants
conducting removal (deportation) proceedings
detaining removable noncitizens
enforcing U.S. immigration laws
investigating immigration violations
patrolling U.S. borders through the Border Patrol
processing applications for U.S. citizenship
hasPart Detention and Deportation division
Examinations (benefits) division
Investigations division
United States Border Patrol
headquarters Washington, D.C.
jurisdiction federal government of the United States
legalBasis Immigration and Nationality Act
locatedIn Washington, D.C.
notableFor being split into separate enforcement and services agencies in 2003
central role in U.S. immigration policy in the 20th century
oversight United States Congress NERFINISHED
parentAgency United States Department of Justice
partOf United States Department of Justice
precededBy Bureau of Immigration
Bureau of Naturalization
replacedBy U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Customs and Border Protection NERFINISHED
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NERFINISHED
shortName INS
successor U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services NERFINISHED
U.S. Customs and Border Protection NERFINISHED
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement NERFINISHED

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