By , Congress had transferred responsibility for the Bureau of Immigration to the recently created Department of Commerce and Labor, reasoning that the primary concerns of immigration — protecting American workers and wages — fell under its jurisdiction. Congress further clarified the function of the bureau in the Immigration Act of , which limited the number of immigrants that could be admitted into the U.
Entry was only permitted for immigrants in possession of valid visas. The Bureau of Immigration, which later became INS, was transferred two more times before being disbanded in In its final incarnation, INS was headed by a commissioner who was appointed by the U.
The commissioner worked with external agencies, including the United Nations, the U. Department of State, and the U. Department of Health and Human Services, and oversaw four interior divisions responsible for immigration and naturalization services.
These divisions performed the duties of immigration enforcement, the operation of INS field offices within the U. Its functions are now performed by other departments within the Department of Homeland Security, including U.
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Rigorous enforcement of immigration law at the ports of entry also swelled appeals under the law and led to creation of the Immigration Board of Review within the Immigration Bureau in the mids. A grassroots Americanization movement popular before World War I influenced developments in the Naturalization Bureau during the s. The Bureau published the first Federal Textbook on citizenship in to prepare naturalization applicants, and its Education for citizenship program distributed textbooks to public schools offering citizenship education classes and notified eligible aliens of available education opportunities.
Legislation of introduced the designated examiner system that assigned a Naturalization Examiner to each naturalization court to monitor proceedings, interview applicants, and promote uniform implementation of Federal naturalization policy. Executive Order of June 10, , reunited the two bureaus into one agency, the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Consolidation resulted in significant reduction of the agency's work force achieved through merit testing and application of Civil Service examination procedures.
During the s, immigration volume dropped significantly. Deportation constituted a larger share of INS operations, as did certain repatriation programs later in the decade. The threat of war in Europe, and a growing perception of immigration as a national security rather than an economic issue, affected the Immigration and Naturalization Service in New responsibilities led to the agency's rapid growth during World War II.
The INS' war-related duties included: Recording and fingerprinting every alien in the United States through the Alien Registration Program; organization and operation of internment camps and detention facilities for enemy aliens; constant guard of national borders by the Border Patrol; record checks related to security clearances for immigrant defense workers; and administration of a program to import agricultural laborers to harvest the crops left behind by Americans who went to war.
The only agency responsibility to end during the war was enforcement of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which Congress repealed in Other war-time changes were conversion to a new record-keeping system, implementation of the Nationality Act of , and doubling of the agency work force from approximately 4, to 8, employees. Immigration remained relatively low following World War II, because the s national origins system remained in place after Congress re-codified and combined all previous immigration and naturalization law into the Immigration and Nationality Act of American agriculture continued to import seasonal labor from Mexico, as they had during the war, under a formal agreement between the United States and Mexico that made the Bracero Program permanent.
Other INS programs of the late s and s addressed conditions in post-war Europe. The War Brides Act of facilitated admission of the spouses and families of returning American soldiers. The Displaced Persons Act of and Refugee Relief Act of allowed for admission of many refugees displaced by the war and unable to come to the United States under regular immigration procedures. By the mids, INS enforcement activities focused on two areas of national concern.
Public alarm over illegal aliens resident and working in the United States caused the Service to strengthen border controls and launch targeted deportation programs, most notably "Operation Wetback. In amendments to the immigration law, Congress replaced the national origins system with a preference system designed to reunited immigrant families and attract skilled immigrants to the United States.
This change to national policy responded to changes in the sources of immigration since The majority of applicants for immigration visas now came from Asia and Central and South America rather than Europe. The preference system continued to limit the number of immigration visas available each year, however, and Congress still responded to refugees with special legislation, as it did for Indochinese refugees in the s.
Not until the Refugee Act of did the United States have a general policy governing the admission of refugees. The Immigration and Naturalization Service's functional responsibilities expanded again under the Immigration Reform and Control Act of Carrying out employer sanction duties involved investigating, prosecuting, and levying fines against corporate and individual employers, as well as deportation of those found to be working illegally.
The law also allowed certain aliens illegally in the U. Changes in world migration patterns, the modern ease of international travel for business or pleasure, and a growing emphasis on controlling illegal immigration all fostered growth of the Immigration and Naturalization Service during the late twentieth century.
The INS work force, which numbered approximately 8, from World War II through the late s, today includes more than 30, employees in thirty-six INS districts at home and abroad.
The original force of Immigrant Inspectors is now a corps of officers specializing in inspection, examination, adjudication, legalization, investigation, patrol, and refugee and asylum issues.
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