6 U.S.C. § 298 — Immigration functions
submitted 24 years ago by Pub. L. 107-296 to r/title-6-DOMESTIC-SECURITY · 314 words · no verdicts yet
This law requires yearly reports on how immigration duties were split up. The Secretary must tell Congress about application backlogs, processing times, and complaints. Congress expects immigration services to improve once the reorganization takes effect.
(a) Annual report
(1) In general: One year after November 25, 2002, and every year after that, the Secretary* must send the President, the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, and the House Government Reform and Senate Government Affairs Committees a report on how the transfers made by this part affected immigration functions*.
(2) Matter included: The report must cover, for that period: (A) the total number of immigration applications and petitions received and processed by the Department*; (B) region-by-region statistics on applications and petitions filed by or for a noncitizen that were denied, broken down by reason for denial and type; (C) how many backlogged applications and petitions got processed, how many are still waiting, and a detailed plan for clearing the backlog; (D) the average time it takes to process applications and petitions, by type; (E) the number and type of immigration-related complaints filed with any Justice Department official, and whether they were resolved; (F) plans to address complaints and improve immigration services; (G) whether immigration fees were spent as legally required; and (H) whether immigration-related questions from the public — by phone, in person, or online — were answered well.
(b) Sense of Congress regarding immigration services
Congress believes: (1) immigration services should get better once these transfers take effect; and (2) the Secretary should work to make sure concerns about the quality and efficiency of those services get addressed after that.
One year after November 25, 2002, and each year thereafter, the Secretary* shall submit a report to the President, to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Reform of the House of Representatives, and to the Committees on the Judiciary and Government Affairs of the Senate, on the impact the transfers made by this part has had on immigration functions*.
The report shall address the following with respect to the period covered by the report:
The aggregate number of all immigration applications and petitions received, and processed, by the Department*.
Region-by-region statistics on the aggregate number of immigration applications and petitions filed by an alien (or filed on behalf of an alien) and denied, disaggregated by category of denial and application or petition type.
The quantity of backlogged immigration applications and petitions that have been processed, the aggregate number awaiting processing, and a detailed plan for eliminating the backlog.
The average processing period for immigration applications and petitions, disaggregated by application or petition type.
The number and types of immigration-related grievances filed with any official of the Department of Justice, and if those grievances were resolved.
Plans to address grievances and improve immigration services.
Whether immigration-related fees were used consistent with legal requirements regarding such use.
Whether immigration-related questions conveyed by customers to the Department (whether conveyed in person, by telephone, or by means of the Internet) were answered effectively and efficiently.
It is the sense of Congress that—
the quality and efficiency of immigration services rendered by the Federal Government should be improved after the transfers made by this part take effect; and
the Secretary should undertake efforts to guarantee that concerns regarding the quality and efficiency of immigration services are addressed after such effective date.
Source credit: (Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 478, Nov. 25, 2002, 116 Stat. 2211.)
- 2002Enacted · Pub. L. 107-296 · 116 Stat. 2211
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