[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 8, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2006] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 8CFR103.1] [Page 36-37] TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PART 103_POWERS AND DUTIES; AVAILABILITY OF RECORDS--Table of Contents Sec. 103.1 Delegations of authority; designation of immigration officers. Sec. 103.1 Delegations of authority; designation of immigration officers. 103.2 Applications, petitions, and other documents. 103.3 Denials, appeals, and precedent decisions. 103.4 Certifications. 103.5 Reopening or reconsideration. 103.5a Service of notification, decisions, and other papers by the Service. 103.5b Application for further action on an approved application or petition. 103.6 Surety bonds. 103.7 Fees. 103.8 Definitions pertaining to availability of information under the Freedom of Information Act. 103.9 Availability of decisions and interpretive material under the Freedom of Information Act. 103.10 Requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act. 103.11 Business information. 103.12 Definition of the term ``lawfully present'' aliens for purposes of applying for Title II Social Security benefits under Public Law 104-193. 103.20 Purpose and scope. 103.21 Access by individuals to records maintained about them. 103.22 Records exempt in whole or in part. 103.23 Special access procedures. 103.24 Requests for accounting of record disclosure. 103.25 Notice of access decisions; time limits. 103.26 Fees for copies of records. 103.27 Appeals from denials of access. 103.28 Requests for correction of records. 103.29 Records not subject to correction. 103.30 Accounting for disclosures. 103.31 Notices of subpoenas and emergency disclosures. 103.32 Information forms. 103.33 Contracting record systems. 103.34 Security of records systems. 103.35 Use and collection of Social Security numbers. 103.36 Employee standards of conduct with regard to privacy. 103.37 Precedent decisions. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301, 552, 552a; 8 U.S.C. 1101, 1103, 1304, 1356; 31 U.S.C. 9701; Public Law 107-296, 116 Stat. 2135 (6 U.S.C. 1 et seq.); E.O. 12356, 47 FR 14874, 15557, 3 CFR, 1982 Comp., p. 166; 8 CFR part 2. Source: 40 FR 44481, Sept. 26, 1975, unless otherwise noted. (a) Delegations of authority. Delegations of authority to perform functions and exercise authorities under the immigration laws may be made by the Secretary of Homeland Security as provided by Sec. 2.1 of this chapter. (b) Immigration Officer. The following employees of the Department of Homeland Security, including senior or supervisory officers of such employees, are designated as immigration officers authorized to exercise the powers and duties of such officer as specified by the Act and this chapter I: Immigration officer, immigration inspector, immigration examiner, adjudications officer, Border Patrol agent, aircraft pilot, airplane pilot, helicopter pilot, deportation officer, detention enforcement officer, detention officer, investigator, special agent, investigative assistant, immigration enforcement agent, intelligence officer, intelligence agent, general attorney (except with respect to CBP, only to the extent that the attorney is performing any immigration function), applications adjudicator, contact representative, legalization adjudicator, legalization officer, legalization assistant, forensic document analyst, fingerprint specialist, immigration information officer, immigration agent (investigations), asylum officer, other officer or employee of the Department of Homeland Security or of the United States as designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security as provided in Sec. 2.1 of this chapter. Any customs officer, as defined in 19 CFR 24.16, is hereby authorized to exercise the powers and duties [[Page 37]] of an immigration officer as specified by the Act and this chapter. 68 FR 10923, Mar. 6, 2003, as amended at 68 FR 35275, June 13, 2003; 69 FR 35234, June 24, 2004]