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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaaagk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS20279 Updated July 24, 2001 Immigration and Naturalization Service Reorganization and Related Legislative Proposals William J. Krouse Analyst in Social Legislation Domestic Social Policy Division Summary The Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), with a current annual budget of $5.0 billion, is the primary agency charged with enforcing the nation's immigration law. Regulating immigration can be viewed as having two basic components: stemming illegal immigration (enforcement) and facilitating legal immigration (service). The Bush Administration supports separating service from enforcement. While no legislation has been acted upon in the 107th Congress at this date, restructuring proposals may be considered in the future, since restructuring may necessitate amending existing statutory authorities. Previously, the Clinton Administration had initiated steps to restructure INS internally by separating the agency's enforcement and service functions, but sought to maintain the statutory authority for both functions under a single executive who would integrate immigration policy, standards, and operations. While there is no statutory requirement that the Administration gain Congress's formal approval of any agency reorganization, Congress could choose to mandate legislatively that INS be dismantled or reorganized differently. Indeed, on March 22 2000, the House Judiciary's Immigration and Claims Subcommittee approved legislation to dismantle INS. Without the support of key Members of Congress, the Clinton Administration did not move forcefully to complete its INS restructuring plan. This report will be updated to reflect legislative action. (For further analysis, see CRS Report RL30257, Proposals to Restructure the Immigration and Naturalization Service.) Introduction While there have been many proposals to reorganize the federal immigration system in the past, the most recent proposals were prompted in part by a series of recommendations made by the U.S. Commission on Immigration Reform. The commission recommended that the federal immigration system be fundamentally restructured by, among other things, dismantling INS. The commission described INS as Congressional Research Service The Library of Congress CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web

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