The Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS, Legacy INS ) is the service [1] of the US federal government that was abolished after the September 11 attacks . The functions of this service were transferred from the US Department of Justice to three newly formed services:
- US Citizenship and Immigration Services ;
- US Immigration and Customs Enforcement ;
- US Customs and Border Protection .
| Immigration and Naturalization Service English Immigration and Naturalization Service | |
|---|---|
 Seal of the United States Emigration and Naturalization Service | |
| Headquarters | Washington |
| Type of organization | |
| Executives | |
| Subordination: | US Department of Justice |
| Jurisdiction: | US federal government |
| Base | |
| Formed: | June 10, 1933 |
| Liquidation | |
| Abolished: | March 1, 2003 |
| Parent organization | and |
| Affiliates | |
| web.archive.org/web/2006... | |
All three new services are also part of the newly formed Department of Homeland Security .
Notes
- ↑ Reform of the US Immigration Service , Voice of America, 03/18/2002.