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The Federal Regulatory Directory, Eighteenth Edition continues to offer a clear path through the maze of complex federal agencies and regulations, providing to-the-point analysis of regulations. Information-packed profiles of more than 100 federal agencies and departments detail the history, structure, purpose, actions, and key contacts for every regulatory agency in the U.S. government. Now updated with an improved searching structure, the Federal Regulatory Directory continues to be the leading reference for understanding federal regulations, providing a richer, more targeted exploration than is possible by cobbling together electronic and print sources.
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
■ Introduction
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established the bureau of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on March 1, 2003. The USCIS assumed the service and benefit functions of the old Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS). The investigation and enforcement activities of INS transferred to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) (p. 754); the Border Patrol transferred to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (p. 775).
The agency is headed by the director of USCIS, who reports directly to ...
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