INS Briefing to

Governor Tom Ridge

Homeland Security Advisor
December 3,2002
 INS Correspondence - Case Tracking Report
Folder Id: 254837 Folder Creator: SJORDAN
Originator: AG
Location: Date Created: 11/09/2001
Addressee: HEADS OF DEPT COMPONENTS Folder Received: 11/09/2001
CC: MGMT TEAM Date Due: 12/10/3000
DOJ#: Last Modified: 11/09/2001

Subject: COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW & REORGANIZATION OF DOJ TO MEET COUNTERTERRORISM MISSION

Case Type: FYI
Referred To: HQCOM
Signature Office: NDD
Instructions:

Public Official:

Work Item ED: 307383

DOCUMENT LIST:

Doc Number Title Author/Signer Created Modified

2140002 COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW & AG 11/09/2001 11/09/2001

REORGANIZATION OF DOJ TO
MEET COUNTERTERRORISM
MISSION

SIGNATURE DATE:

Report Date: 08/01/2003

 Review of Regulations, Policies and Procedures Issued

Since August 2001

Purpose: The purpose of this review was to provide a synopsis of INS actions taken
over the past 16 months to enhance immigration services and strengthen enforcement
activities.

Methodology: The Office of Policy and Planning (HQOPP) reviewed and summarized
regulations, policy and procedural memoranda issued during that period focusing on
Service wide and program priorities with special emphasis on:

• International Students
• Inspection of Travelers at all Ports-of-Entry
• Adoptions
• Asylum Processing
• Child Status Protection
• Temporary Protected Status
• Legal Immigration and Family Equity Act
• Victim Trafficking and Violence Protection Act
• Unlawful Presence

Regulations reviewed were limited to those issued as interim final or final rules since
those were codified in title 8 of the Code of Federal Regulations and where no further
field guidance was issued.

Format: The following format was used to summarize and effectively inventory the
regulations, policies and procedures.

Subject: Identification of Program area and specific issues addressed.

Regulations, Policy or Procedure that was changed: Brief description of pre-
existing situation or circumstance.
Reason for the change: Brief explanation of the impetus for the change in
regulation, policy or procedure.
Regulation. Policy or Procedure Change: Description of the actual changes made
to existing regulations, policies or procedures or the establishment of new rules,
guidance or instructions.
Inventory Listing of Memoranda, Regulations or Field Instructions
 Briefing for
Attorney General Ashcroft

November 22,2002
 Immigration &
Naturalization Service