[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR103.1]

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                     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.

    (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

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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]