[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: 8CFR2.1]



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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY

 

               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

 

PART 2_AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY--Table of Contents

 

Sec. 2.1  Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.









    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103; 5 U.S.C. 301; Public Law 107-296, 116 

Stat. 2135 (6 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).





    All authorities and functions of the Department of Homeland Security 

to administer and enforce the immigration laws are vested in the 

Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security may, 

in the Secretary's discretion, delegate any such authority or function 

to any official, officer, or employee of the Department of Homeland 

Security, including delegation through successive redelegation, or to 

any employee of the United States to the extent authorized by law. Such 

delegation may be made by regulation, directive, memorandum, or other 

means as deemed appropriate by the Secretary in the exercise of the 

Secretary's discretion. A delegation of authority or function may in the 

Secretary's discretion be published in the Federal Register, but such 

publication is not required.



[68 FR 10923, Mar. 6, 2003]