6 U.S.C. § 255 — Report on improving enforcement functions

submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 158 words · no verdicts yet

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The Secretary must send Congress a plan for enforcing immigration law within one year of taking office. The plan covers the Bureau of Border Security's work after it takes over these duties. The Secretary must consult several other officials to plan how to enforce the law effectively.

(a) In general Within one year of taking office, the Secretary must send a report to the House and Senate Appropriations and Judiciary Committees. The report must lay out a plan for how the Bureau of Border Security will fully, effectively, and fairly enforce the Immigration and Nationality Act, once it takes over the enforcement duties transferred under section 251. (b) Consultation To write this plan, the Secretary of Homeland Security must consult with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Director of the FBI, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and state and local law enforcement leaders, to figure out the best way to carry out enforcement.

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(a) In general

The Secretary, not later than 1 year after being sworn into office, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations and the Judiciary of the House of Representatives and of the Senate a report with a plan detailing how the Bureau of Border Security, after the transfer of functions specified under section 251 of this title takes effect, will enforce comprehensively, effectively, and fairly all the enforcement provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101 et seq.) relating to such functions.

(b) Consultation

In carrying out subsection (a), the Secretary of Homeland Security shall consult with the Attorney General, the Secretary of State, the Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Secretary of the Treasury, the Secretary of Labor, the Commissioner of Social Security, the Director of the Executive Office for Immigration Review, and the heads of State and local law enforcement agencies to determine how to most effectively conduct enforcement operations.

Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 445, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2194.)

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2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2194

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