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Immigration and Naturalization Service: Restructuring Proposals in the 107th Congress
Congressional Research Service Report for Congress
....The events of September 11 brought the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) to the forefront of the nation’s attention. Although all 19 hijackers entered the
country legally, three overstayed their visas. And, on March 11, 2002, INS sent
student visa notifications for two of the (now deceased) 19 hijackers to the aviation
school they attended, provoking an intensification of long-standing criticism of INS
for weak management controls, among other things. An underlying theme of
criticism concerns what many believe are overlapping and unclear chains of
command with respect to INS’s service and enforcement functions. There appears
to be a consensus among the Administration, Congress, and commentators that the
immigration system, pr! imarily INS, is in need of restructuring. There also appears
to be a consensus among interested parties that INS’s two main functions — service
and enforcement — need to be separated. There has not been a consensus, however,
with regard to how the restructuring should take place.
Current proposals to restructure INS center on separating the service and
enforcement functions either by keeping INS intact and creating two separate bureaus
to carry out the functions, or by dismantling INS and reassigning the functions to
DOJ and other agencies or a newly created department of homeland security. While
separating the two main functions would create a clear chain of command and
increase accountability, several questions are raised. Are these functions
operationally separable or interdependent? Will both functions receive equal
attention and resources? How will separating the main functions address ! the
fragmentation of immigrant-related functions across ! INS and other federal agencies?
How will the separate entities expeditiously share information?
There has also been some discussion of merging the agencies responsible for
border patrol and inspections under one agency. Homeland Security Director Tom
Ridge has proposed merging at least three agencies that are responsible for providing
border security into a “super agency.” Several pieces of legislation have been
introduced that would consolidate several agencies that have border security-related
functions into a newly created agency. All of these proposals would address
concerns of overlap in functions, and related duplication of efforts; lack of
communication and coordination of efforts; and the rivalry that reportedly exists
between INS and agencies with similar responsibilities. The proposals, however, do
not address concerns about the need for greater information sharing between the
immigrant ser! vice and immigration enforcement functions.....
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- Published on: 2010-01-02
- Released on: 2010-01-02
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