Fact Sheet 

The President’s Fiscal 2003 Immigration Budget 02/04/02

Support & Administration

The FY 2003 budget will provide $143.5 million and 286 new positions for several 

initiatives aimed at improving administrative support for INS enforcement and services 

operations. In addition, the budget continues efforts under the FY 2002 emergency counterterrorism supplemental ($53.3 million). INS must provide its workforce with adequate 

facilities, upgraded management information systems, and sufficient support staff. These and 

other support resources are critical to building and sustaining the success of INS’ enforcement 

and service activities. 

Information Resources Management 

The FY 2003 budget includes $83.4 million and 15 new positions for various 

improvements to information technology (IT) systems, including hardware, system software, 

communications equipment and infrastructure elements. These resources are required to design, 

build and sustain an IT infrastructure that can accommodate the steadily increasing workload and 

rapidly growing workforce. The funds will be used as follows: 

• $13.4 million to provide a secure foundation for INS’ IT infrastructure. This includes 

enhancing the ability to authenticate legitimate INS users, detect intruders, maintain an 

effective firewall, and accommodate future public use of INS systems. This funding will also 

improve cryptographic services, secure remote access, emergency response operations, and 

other security-related capabilities; 

• $20.9 million to build a common computing environment that can provide INS users with 

high-speed communications, fully connected workstations, and support equipment as part of 

a continuous technology assessment and upgrade strategy; 

• $31 million for planning and performance measurement, including cost/schedule analysis. 

These activities are critical to ensuring IT projects are based on sound strategic and tactical 

plans which integrate new systems with existing ones as part of the overall enterprise 

architecture for the agency, Department of Justice, and Federal government; 

• $2.5 million for Electronic Access and E-Government. This will provide INS users with 

enhanced support in using the Internet for filing applications, paying fees, or doing other 

business with the agency; and

• $15.6 million, and 15 positions, for infrastructure engineering to establish better 

accountability and control of all IT assets. This will include better management of hardware 

maintenance, software distribution, and help desk support systems.

Physical Security and Staffing 

The budget includes $13 million and 172 positions to improve security at the 157 INS 

locations identified as being deficient in security surveys of the U.S. Marshals Service and 

compliance reviews by INS and the Department of Justice. This will provide the personnel 

necessary to meet the security requirements at all INS locations. 

Prepared by the Office of Public Affairs • Immigration & Naturalization Service • (202) 514-2648
FY 2003 INS Budget – Support & Administration

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Legal Support 

The budget will provide $6.1 million and 99 positions, including attorneys, paralegals 

and legal assistants. This increase will support casework generated by new Border Patrol 

Agents and will enable INS to litigate “special interest” cases involving terrorism, 

counterintelligence, national security, organized crime, human rights violators and other 

sensitive and high-profile immigration-related matters. It will also support the Office of 

Immigration Litigation and the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices in collateral Federal court litigation

Program Evaluation 

The budget includes $1 million to develop, in consultation with the other Federal 

agencies, new methodologies for estimating the number of legal permanent and temporary 

residents in the United States. INS will produce an annual series of reports on these populations. 

Information on the size of the legal permanent resident population is needed by policymakers, 

researchers, and the public to assess the impact of changes in immigration law and address 

immigration issues in local areas. INS will also use this information to estimate its resource 

needs. 

INS Restructuring 

During FY 2003, INS expects to implement a major restructuring that will separate its 

enforcement and services functions. The budget provides $40 million to support this 

restructuring. These funds will be used for the cost of facilities, as well as buy-outs, relocations, 

and contractor support. 

 

FY 2003 Program Improvements Total 

($ in millions) 

Information Resources Management 

 15 positions 

83.4 

Physical Security and Staffing 

 172 positions 

13.0 

Legal Support 

 99 positions 

6.1 

Program Evaluation 1.0 

INS Restructuring 40.0 

Continuation of Emergency Supplemental Activities 53.3