Thread: 'Updated' Justice Department Manual Still Refers to the Defunct INS

'Updated' Justice Department Manual Still Refers to the Defunct Immigration and Naturalization Service

By Dan Cadman on October 10, 2018



I've been looking through the "updated" version of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) "Justice Manual", which guides enforcement operations and prosecutions for that department, and which therefore has a spillover effect on virtually every other federal department or agency involved in law enforcement, or that may refer cases for prosecution.

A copy of the immigration-related portion of that manual can be seen here. I use quotation marks around "updated" because I found the manual sorely out of date, even though, ironically, some sections are annotated as having been updated as of April 2018.

Look, for instance, at "Section 9-21.410 Illegal Aliens", which is not in fact about "illegal aliens" as such, but rather touches on how one goes about enrolling an illegal alien into the federal Witness Security Program. You may be surprised — as I was — to see that the section is still referring to the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), which has now been defunct for 15 years, since it was dismantled and separated into three different agencies within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS): U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS); U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), which includes the Border Patrol; and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

The manual is so dated that Section 9-73.020, on undercover operations in immigration enforcement matters, still refers to the attorney general's INS undercover guidelines of 1984, even though with the shift to DHS, ICE agents no longer are a part of the Justice Department and the attorney general's authority over them has been superseded by the secretary of DHS.

It is a disappointment that over the course of 15 years, the Justice Department has accorded such short shrift to the immigration-related sections of the manual that it still refers to a defunct federal agency. It is also a great surprise, given that current Attorney General Jeff Sessions has been the most active and supportive AG in the past several decades where immigration enforcement matters are concerned. Surely the Justice Department could do better.

https://cis.org/Cadman/Updated-Justi...Naturalization

Originally Posted by JohnDoe2;1622461
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Look, for instance, at "Section 9-21.410 Illegal Aliens", which is not in fact about "illegal aliens" as such, but rather touches on how one goes about enrolling an illegal alien into the federal Witness Security Program. [/SIZE]

I'm afraid of the answer I will receive, if I ask---but what are illegal aliens doing in the federal Witness Security Program?

Originally Posted by stoptheinvaders

I'm afraid of the answer I will receive, if I ask---but what are illegal aliens doing in the federal Witness Security Program?

I'm just guessing, but I would think someone testifying against powerful drug cartel leaders and other big time criminals could need the protection. Without such protection guarantees, nobody would testify.

Originally Posted by MW

I'm just guessing, but I would think someone testifying against powerful drug cartel leaders and other big time criminals could need the protection. Without such protection guarantees, nobody would testify.

I thought that was probably what it was, but are these being handed out like candy? I remember about a year ago, many illegals were found in a hot semi. Many taken to hospital, and reports that some were brain damaged and would require medical treatment for the rest of their life. Some would be given a visa to testify against the driver. The driver was caught in the act, why was it necessary to give out visas?

Also all these groups of 200 or 250 who are being left. Is anyone questioning them about who the smugglers are? Is anyone going after the smugglers? If they are, it isn't making a dent in the activity.