Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2002/06/07/02-14348/delegation-of-authorities-for-various-detention-and-removal-authorities-and-the-parole-detention
Timestamp: 2017-11-19 06:02:25
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Matched Legal Cases: ['ART 212', 'ART 236', 'ART 238', 'art 2', 'art 212', '§\u2009236', '§\u2009236', '§\u2009235', '§\u2009235', '§\u2009235', 'art 238', '§\u2009238', '§\u2009239', 'art 2', '§\u2009240', 'art 2', '§\u2009241', 'art 2', 'art 355']

Federal Register :: Delegation of Authorities for Various Detention and Removal Authorities and the Parole, Detention, Care and Custody of Alien Juveniles
Delegation of Authorities for Various Detention and Removal Authorities and the Parole, Detention, Care and Custody of Alien Juveniles
A Rule by the Immigration and Naturalization Service on 06/07/2002
39255-39260 (6 pages)
INS No. 2206-02
1115-AG69
02-14348
PART 212—DOCUMENTARY REQUIREMENTS: NONIMMIGRANTS; WAIVERS; ADMISSION OF CERTAIN INADMISSABLE ALIENS; PAROLE
PART 236—APPREHENSION AND DETENTION OF INADMISSABLE AND DEPORTABLE ALIENS; REMOVAL OF ALIENS ORDERED REMOVED
PART 238—EXPEDITED REMOVAL OF AGGRAVATED FELONS
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As part of the ongoing restructuring of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (Service or INS), the chain of command for many functions related to the detention and removal of aliens, including the detention, care and custody of juveniles, will be centralized. Currently, these functions are overseen by Service districts and regions which report to the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations. Under the reorganization, the daily oversight of overall detention and removal functions will transfer to the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal who will still report to the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations. The daily oversight of functions relating to alien juveniles in the custody and care of the Service is transferred to the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs who reports to the Commissioner of the INS. This rule ensures that the appropriate immigration officials will have the necessary authority to carry out the daily oversight of the detention and removal of aliens consistent with the changes in responsibility.
The Immigration and Nationality Act (Act) conveys authority to perform various functions on the Attorney General, and that authority, with some limitations, is delegated to the INS Commissioner pursuant to Department of Justice regulations at 28 CFR 0.105 and 8 CFR 2.1. The latter provision further authorizes the INS Commissioner to issue regulations and redelegate authority to any officer or employee of the Service. This final rule delegates authority to grant parole, make decisions on the expedited removal of aggravated felons, issue and cancel notices to appear, issue warrants of removal, continue detention of inadmissible criminals or other aliens beyond the removal period, issue administrative stays of removal, grant extensions of time to depart, issue subpoenas, and issue warrants of arrest to the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, the Directors of the Detention and Removal Field Offices (who report to the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal), and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, as appropriate. This rule does not change any substantive rules relating to the implementation of these authorities, and therefore individuals who might be affected by any of the listed actions will not be disadvantaged by this change.
As part of the ongoing restructuring of the Service, the chain of command for many functions related to the detention and removal of aliens, including the detention, care and custody of juveniles, will be centralized. Currently, these functions are overseen by Service districts and regions which report to the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations. Under the reorganization, the daily oversight of the overall detention and removal functions will transfer to the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal who will report to the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations. In turn, field level oversight of detention and removal functions in a given geographical area will be overseen by Directors of Detention and Removal Field Offices. The daily oversight of certain functions as related to juveniles in the custody and care of the Service is transferred to the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs who reports to the Commissioner of the INS. This rule ensures that the appropriate immigration officials will have the necessary authority to carry out the daily oversight of the detention and removal of aliens, consistent with the changes in responsibility. This is accomplished by amending the listing of officials authorized to grant parole, make decisions on the expedited removal of aggravated felons, issue and cancel notices to appear, issue warrants of removal, continue detention of inadmissible criminals or other aliens beyond the removal period, issue administrative stays of removal, issue subpoenas, grant extensions of time to depart and issue warrants of arrest.
The provisions of 8 CFR 212.5(a), (c), (d) and (e), 236.3(b)(4), (e) and (f), 238.1(a), 239.1(a), 240.25(a), 240.26(f), 241.2(a), 241.4, 241.6(a) and (b), 241.7, 287.4(a) and (c), and 287.5(e)(2), are being amended to add the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, the Director of the Detention and Removal Field Office, and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, as appropriate to the list of officials authorized to engage in such functions. This amendment does not otherwise alter who is authorized to exercise these authorities except that district directors and chief patrol agents have been removed from 8 CFR 212.5(b)(3) and 8 CFR 236.3 relating to parole and release of juveniles. This authority is being transferred to the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. In particular, under this rule, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Start Printed Page 39256Removal, and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs may grant parole (8 CFR 212.5), make decisions on the expedited removal of aggravated felons (8 CFR 238.1(a)), issue and cancel notices to appear (8 CFR 239.1(a)), grant voluntary departure (8 CFR 240.25), grant extensions of time to depart (8 CFR 240.26(f)), issue warrants of removal (8 CFR 241.2), issue administrative stays of removal (8 CFR 241.6), grant self removal (8 CFR 241.7), issue subpoenas (8 CFR 287.4), and issue warrants of arrest (8 CFR 287.5). The Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs is also specifically given the sole authority to determine parole for juveniles (8 CFR 212.5(a)(3)) and issues concerning the detention and release of juveniles (8 CFR 236.3). District directors and chief patrol agents will no longer have this authority. Directors of the Detention and Removal Field Offices are delegated the authority to continue detention of inadmissible criminals or other aliens beyond the removal period (8 CFR 241.4).
This rule also adds a new paragraph in 8 CFR 103.1(g) to delegate authority to the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal within the Office of Field Operations for the Service. This position, created in calendar year 2000, working under the direction and supervision of the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations, has responsibility for planning, directing, managing and coordinating all Service operational functions relating to the detention and removal of aliens from the United States. See Meissner, Commissioner, Establishment of Headquarters Office of Detention and Removal, INS Mem. HQOPS 50/10 (Oct. 25, 2000).
Additionally, this rule adds a new paragraph in 8 CFR 103.1(k) to delegate authority to the Director for the Office of Juvenile Affairs. This position, created in April 2002, working under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner, has responsibility for planning, directing, managing and coordinating all Service operational, adjudicative, and policy functions relating to alien juveniles in the custody and care of the Service. See Ziglar, Commissioner, Initial Restructuring Measures, INS Mem. HQOU 90/20 (April 17, 2002).
The Service's implementation of this rule as a final rule is based on the “good cause” exception found at 5 U.S.C. 553(a)(2). The amendments contained herein relate to agency management and are necessary to ensure that the appropriate immigration officials will have the necessary authority to carry out the daily oversight of the detention and removal of aliens. Accordingly, it would be contrary to the public interest to issue this rule as a proposed rule because doing so would delay its implementation.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552, 552(a); 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1304, 1356; 31 U.S.C. 9701; E.O. 12356, 47 FR 14874, 15557, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 166; 8 CFR part 2.
2. Section 103.1 is amended by adding paragraphs (g)(4) and (k) to read as follows:
(4) Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal. Under the direction and supervision of the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal is delegated authority to plan, direct, manage and coordinate all Service operational functions relating to the detention and removal of aliens from the United States and for liaison with Departmental and interagency partners on these issues.
(k) Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. Under the direction and supervision of the Commissioner, the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs is delegated authority to plan, direct, manage and coordinate all Service operational, adjudicative and policy functions relating to alien juveniles in the custody and care of the Service and to conduct liaison with the Departmental and interagency partners on these issues.
3.The authority citation for part 212 continues to read as follows:
4. Section 212.5 is amended by:
b. Revising paragraph (b)(3) introductory text and paragraph (b)(5);
e. Revising paragraph (d)(1); and by
f. Revising paragraph (e)(2)(i).
(a) The authority of the Commissioner to continue an alien in custody or grant parole under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Act shall be exercised by the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, the district director, or the chief patrol agent, subject to the parole and detention authority of the Commissioner or his designees. The Commissioner or his designees, which include the Deputy Commissioner, the Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations, and the regional director, may invoke, in the exercise of discretion, the authority under section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Act.
(3) Aliens who are defined as juveniles in § 236.3(a) of this chapter. The Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall follow the guidelines set forth in § 236.3(a) of this chapter and paragraphs (b)(3)(i) through (b)(3)(iii) of this section, in determining under what conditions a juvenile shall be paroled from detention:
(5) Aliens whose continued detention is not in the public interest as determined by the district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs.
(c) In the case of all other arriving aliens, except those detained under § 235.3(b) or (c) of this chapter and paragraph (b) of this section, the district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs may, after review of the individual case, parole into the United States temporarily in accordance with section 212(d)(5)(A) of the Act, any alien applicant for admission, under such terms and conditions, including those set forth in paragraph (d) of this section, as he or she may deem appropriate. An alien who arrives at a port-of-entry and applies for parole into the United States for the sole purpose of seeking adjustment of status under section 245A of the Act, without benefit of advance authorization as described in paragraph (f) of this section shall be denied parole and detained for removal in accordance with the provisions of § 235.3(b) or (c) of this chapter. An alien seeking to enter the United States for sole purpose of applying for adjustment of status under section 210 of the Act shall be denied parole and detained for removal under § 235.3(b) or (c) of this chapter, unless the alien has been recommended for approval of such application for adjustment by a consular officer at an Overseas Processing Office.
(d) Conditions. In any case where an alien is paroled under paragraph (b) or (c) of this section, the district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs may require reasonable assurances that the alien will appear at all hearings and/or depart the United States when required to do so. Not all factors listed need be present for parole to be exercised. The district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs should apply reasonable discretion. The consideration of all relevant factors includes:
(1) The giving of an undertaking by the applicant, counsel, or a sponsor to ensure appearances or departure, and a bond may be required on Form I-352 in such amount as the district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs may deem appropriate;
(2)(i) On notice. In cases not covered by paragraph (e)(1) of this section, upon accomplishment of the purpose for which parole was authorized or when in the opinion of the district director or chief patrol agent in charge of the area in which the alien is located, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, neither humanitarian reasons nor public benefit warrants the continued presence of the alien in the United States, parole shall be terminated upon written notice to the alien and he or she shall be restored to the status that he or she had at the time of parole. When a charging document is served on the alien, the charging document will constitute written notice of termination of parole, unless otherwise specified. Any further inspection or hearing shall be conducted under section 235 or 240 of the Act and this chapter, or any order of exclusion, deportation, or removal previously entered shall be executed. If the exclusion, deportation, or removal order cannot be executed within a reasonable time, the alien shall again be Start Printed Page 39258released on parole unless in the opinion of the district director, chief patrol agent, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs the public interest requires that the alien be continued in custody.
6. Section 236.3 is amended by revising paragraphs (b)(4), (e) and (f) to read as follows:
7. The authority citation for part 238 continues to read as follows:
8. Section 238.1(a) is revised to read as follows:
§ 238.1
Proceedings under section 238(b) of the Act.
Issuing Service officer means any Service officer listed in § 239.1 of this chapter as authorized to issue notices to appear.
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1182, 1186a, 1224, 1225, 1226, 1227, 1251, 1252 note, 1252a, 1252b, 1362; sec. 202, Pub. L. 105-100 (111 Stat. 2160, 2193); 8 CFR part 2.
§ 240.25
(a) Authorized officers. The authority contained in section 240B(a) of the Act to permit aliens to depart voluntarily from the United States may be exercised in lieu of being subject to proceedings under section 240 of the Act by district directors, assistant district directors for investigations, assistant district directors for examinations, officers in charge, chief patrol agents, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, service center directors, and assistant service center directors for examinations.
Voluntary departure— authority of the Executive Office for Immigration Review.
(f) Extension of time to depart. Authority to extend the time within which to depart voluntarily specified initially by an immigration judge or the Board is only within the jurisdiction of the district director, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. An immigration judge or the Board may reinstate voluntary departure in a removal proceeding that has been reopened for a purpose other than solely making an application for voluntarily departure if reopening was granted prior to the expiration of the original period of voluntary departure. In no event can the total period of time, including any extension, exceed 120 days or 60 days as set forth in section 240B of the Act.
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1223, 1227, 1231, 1253, 1255, and 1330; 8 CFR part 2.
Warrant of removal.
(a) Issuance of a warrant of removal. A Form I-205, Warrant of Removal, based upon the final administrative removal order in the alien's case shall Start Printed Page 39259be issued by a district director, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs. The district director, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, or the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, shall exercise the authority contained in section 241 of the Act to determine at whose expense the alien shall be removed and whether his or her mental or physical condition requires personal care and attention en route to his or her destination.
(3) Employment authorization. The district director, Director of the Detention and Removal Field Office, and the Executive Associate Commissioner, may, in the exercise of discretion, grant employment authorization under the same conditions set forth in § 241.5(c) for aliens released under an order of supervision.
19. Section 241.4 is further amended by revising the term “district director's” to read “district director's or Director of the Detention and Removal Field Office's” whenever that term appears in the following places:
(a) Any request of an alien under a final order of deportation or removal for a stay of deportation or removal shall be filed on Form I-246, Stay of Removal, with the district director having jurisdiction over the place where the alien is at the time of filing. The Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Executive Associate Commissioner for Field Operations, Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, regional directors, or district director, in his or her discretion and in consideration of factors listed in 8 CFR 212.5 and section 241(c) of the Act, may grant a stay of removal or deportation for such time and under Start Printed Page 39260such conditions as he or she may deem appropriate. Neither the request nor failure to receive notice of disposition of the request shall delay removal or relieve the alien from strict compliance with any outstanding notice to surrender for deportation or removal.
Self-removal.
Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103, 1182, 1225, 1226, 1251, 1252, 1357; 8 CFR part 2.
(1) Criminal or civil investigations. All District Directors, Deputy District Directors, Chief Patrol Agents, Deputy Chief Patrol Agents, Assistant Chief Patrol Agents, Officers in Charge, Patrol Agents in Charge, Assistant District Directors, Investigations, Supervisory Criminal Investigators (Anti-Smuggling), Regional Directors, Office of Professional Responsibility, Service Center Directors, Assistant District Directors for Examinations, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, may issue a subpoena requiring the production of records and evidence for use in criminal or civil investigations.
(i) Prior to commencement of proceedings. All District Directors, Deputy District Directors, Chief Patrol Agents, Deputy Chief Patrol Agents, Officers-in-Charge, the Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal, and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs, may issue a subpoena requiring the attendance of witnesses or the production of documentary evidence, or both, for use in any proceeding under this chapter, other than under 8 CFR part 355, or any application made ancillary to the proceeding.
(c) Service. A subpoena issued under this section may be served by any person, over 18 years of age not a party to the case, designated to make such service by the District Director, Deputy District Director, Chief Patrol Agent, Deputy Chief Patrol Agent, Assistant Chief Patrol Agent, Patrol Agent in Charge, Officer-in-Charge, Assistant District Director, Investigations, Supervisory Criminal Investigator (Anti-Smuggling), Regional Director and the Office of Professional Responsibility, having administrative jurisdiction over the office in which the subpoena is issued. The Deputy Executive Associate Commissioner for Detention and Removal and the Director of the Office of Juvenile Affairs shall also have the authority to make such designation. Service of the subpoena shall be made by delivering a copy thereof to the person named therein and by tendering to him/her the fee for one day's attendance and the mileage allowed by law by the United States District Court for the district in which the testimony is to be taken. When the subpoena is issued on behalf of the Service, fee and mileage need not to be tendered at the time of service. A record of such service shall be made and attached to the original copy of the subpoena.
25. Section 287.5 is amended by:
a. Removing the word “or” from the end of paragraph (e)(2)(xix);
Exercise of power by immigration officers.
[FR Doc. 02-14348 Filed 6-4-02; 2:52 pm]