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Code · U.S. Code · Title 8 - ALIENS AND NATIONALITY · CHAPTER 13— IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE · SUBCHAPTER I— ORGANIZATION · § 1551

§ 1551. Immigration and Naturalization Service

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There is created and established in the Department of Justice an Immigration and Naturalization Service.
(Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4, 32 Stat. 826; June 29, 1906, ch. 3592, § 1, 34 Stat. 596; Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3, 37 Stat. 737; Ex. Ord. No. 6166, § 14, June 10, 1933; 1940 Reorg. Plan No. V, eff. June 14, 1940, 5 F.R. 2223, 54 Stat. 1238.)
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  • Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4
  • 32 Stat. 826
  • June 29, 1906, ch. 3592, § 1
  • 34 Stat. 596
  • Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141, § 3
  • 37 Stat. 737
  • 54 Stat. 1238
  • section 342 of Title 5
  • Pub. L. 89–554, § 1
  • 80 Stat. 378
  • Pub. L. 106–313, title II, § 201
  • 114 Stat. 1262
  • Pub. L. 96–132, § 10
  • 93 Stat. 1047
  • Pub. L. 96–132, § 22
  • 93 Stat. 1050
  • 136 Stat. 4346
  • Aug. 3, 1882, ch. 376
  • 22 Stat. 214
  • Feb. 23, 1887, ch. 220
  • 24 Stat. 415
  • act Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 551, § 7
  • 26 Stat. 1087
  • act Mar. 2, 1895, ch. 177, § 1
  • 28 Stat. 780
  • act Feb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4
  • 32 Stat. 825
  • act June 29, 1906, ch. 3592, § 1
  • act Mar. 4, 1913, ch. 141
  • 37 Stat. 736
  • 87 Stat. 1091
  • Pub. L. 93–253
  • 88 Stat. 50
  • 64 Stat. 1261
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ActFeb. 14, 1903, ch. 552, § 4
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