Immigration officials have been known to ask for bribes to ' expedite ' processing the forms, or to offer to fill out the customs forms prior to demanding a ' fee ' for doing so.

In the 35 years before Ellis Island opened, over eight million immigrants arriving in New York had been processed by New York State officials at Castle Garden Immigration Depot in lower Manhattan, just across the bay.

These sanctions included the imposition of Section 212 ( f ) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to refuse entry into the United States of senior government officials and others who formulated, implemented, or benefited from policies impeding Nigeria's transition to democracy ; suspension of all military assistance ; and a ban on the sale and repair of military goods and refinery services to Nigeria.

The Executive Office for Immigration Review and the Board of Immigration Appeals which review decisions made by government officials under Immigration and Nationality law remain under jurisdiction of the Department of Justice.

In an August 2010 report, the Center for Immigration Studies, through direct communication with foreign government officials and analysis of relevant foreign law including statutory and constitutional law, was able to confirm that 30 of the world's 194 countries grant automatic birthright citizenship ( although they were not able to obtain definitive information from 19 countries ).

When Deputies are not making arrests on the street, they can be found guarding prisoners arrested by other investigative agencies, such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation or Immigration and Customs Enforcement, protecting government officials, processing seized assets of major crime rings for investigative agencies, relocating and providing new identities for federal witnesses in the United States Federal Witness Protection Program, which is headed by the USMS.

On 2 May 2009 Nitschke was detained for nine hours by British Immigration officials at Heathrow Airport after arriving for a visit to the UK to lecture on voluntary euthanasia and end-of-life choices.

* In Portugal, high commissioner ( alto comissário in Portuguese ) is the title of certain officials appointed by the President, the Parliament or the Government to deal with special matters of national importance ( e. g.: the High Commissioner for Immigration and Intercultural Dialogue is the government official responsible for the immigration and ethnic minorities affairs ).

Five other government officials were convicted, including New Jersey State Senator Angelo Errichetti ; members of the Philadelphia City Council, including Council President George Schwartz, Majority Leader Harry Jannotti, and Councilman Louis Johanson ; and an inspector for the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

Upon his release from the prison, Black was immediately picked up by the U. S. Immigration officials and was escorted to the Miami International Airport.

On June 9, 2009, Rae was denied entry by Sri Lankan Immigration officials at the Bandaranaike International Airport, Colombo, Sri Lanka on grounds that he was " a threat to national security and sympathetic to the Tamil Tigers rebel group ".

* To nominate and to report to the Central People's Government for appointment the following principal officials: Secretaries and Deputy Secretaries of Departments, Directors of Bureaux, Commissioner Against Corruption, Director of Audit, Commissioner of Police, Director of Immigration and Commissioner of Customs and Excise ; and to recommend to the Central People's Government the removal of the above-mentioned officials ;

The Immigration Station on the northeast corner of the island, where officials detained, inspected and examined approximately one million immigrants, has been designated a National Historic Landmark .< ref >

During an interview of her and her colleagues, Immigration officials asked questions pertaining to their intended topics of discussion at the meeting.

Immigration officials in New York sent him back to Nazi Germany because of technical problems with his papers.

* Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan was held for extensive questioning by US Immigration and Customs officials in August 2009, because as he reported, " his name came up on a computer alert list.

Immigration officers, police chiefs and government officials all attempted to cash in.

Maher Arar, a Syrian-born dual Syrian and Canadian citizen, was detained at Kennedy International Airport on 26 September 2002, by US Immigration and Naturalization Service officials.

On September 22, 2008 Hinzman “ and his family were granted a last-minute stay of deportation Monday by a Federal Court judge while the court decides whether to hear their appeal …. The judge's decision will allow the family to remain in Toronto while the court decides whether to review a decision by Citizenship and Immigration officials not to let the Hinzmans remain in Canada on ' Humanitarian and Compassionate grounds '.

By the end of September 2004, DIMIA officials were planning to move Rau to the Baxter Immigration Reception and Processing Centre ( commonly known as the Baxter Detention Centre ), a DIMIA facility ( operated by Global Solutions Limited, or GSL ) near the town of Port Augusta in South Australia.

The decision was made by the New Zealand Immigration Department despite his foreign convictions and despite being persona non grata in Thailand, after officials used a special direction to waive " good character " requirements.

Immigration and human rights activists have also noted that Mexican authorities frequently engage in racial profiling, harassment, and shakedowns against migrants from Central America.

On June 6, 2002, Attorney General Ashcroft proposed regulations that would create a special registration program that required males aged 16 to 64 who were citizens of designated foreign nations resident in the U. S. to register with the Immigration and Naturalization Service ( INS ), have their identity verified, and be interviewed, photographed and fingerprinted.

The British Government's UK Border Agency have two immigration removal centres, Colnbrook Immigration Removal Centre and Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre in Harmondsworth.

The 2000 US census shows that Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, is the only county to have a majority of Eastern Europeans in the United States Immigration to the United States.

One innovative feature that has never been abrogated even during the days since 9 / 11, is that people entering the Park from either side may have the unique experience of strolling to the opposite park's boundary amid flowers, ponds, and works of art, without having to go through Immigration, thus truly making the Park a place of bi-national mingling.

* January 2-New York City U. S. District Court Judge Richard Owen rules that former Beatle John Lennon and his lawyers can have access to Department of Immigration files pertaining to his deportation case.

The Immigration Minister, Damian Green, cited a number of reasons for the decision, including the discovery that more than a quarter of the students in the test sample did not in fact have leave ( permission ) to remain in the UK, that the University did not have and could not provide sufficient proof of English-language proficiency standards for some of its students, and the fact that the University was unable to confirm the attendance of its students, in some 57 % of the sampled cases.

In recent years a substantial population of Hazara refugees have settled in Australia, prompting the Department of Immigration and Citizenship to moves towards an official recognition of Hazaragi language.

Such clauses have often proved highly controversial – for instance, that in the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 which prompted the aforementioned report, and the Legislative and Regulatory Reform Act 2006.

She contacted Immigration and Naturalization Service and attempted to have Morrison deported.

The 2004 Platform called for " the elimination of all restrictions on immigration, the abolition of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the Border Patrol, and a declaration of full amnesty for all people who have entered the country illegally ".

" Information received from Immigration Service NZ indicates that no situations involving trafficking in the sex industry have been identified ( Department of Labour, 2007 )".

They also claim that despite having the incarceration rate grow “ 10 times what it was prior to 1970 ”, “ it has not made this country any safer .” Since the September 11 attacks in 2001, the budget for Customs and Border Patrol ( CBP ), and U. S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ( ICE ), have nearly doubled from 2003 to 2008, with CBP ’ s budget increasing from $ 5. 8 billion to $ 10. 1 billion and ICE from $ 3. 2 billion to $ 5 billion and even so there has been no significant decrease in immigrant population.

A number of countries have had Immigration Acts including:

For example, in Denmark a visa holder can apply to the Danish Immigration Service for a Residence Permit after they have arrived in the country.

International students often have unique financial diffulties such as high costs to visit their families back home, support of a family not allowed to work due to immigration laws, tuition that is expensive by world standards, and large fees: visa fees by U. S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and surveillance fees under the Student and Exchange Visitor Program of the United States Department of Homeland Security.

In June 2012, May was found to be in contempt of court by Judge, Barry Cotter, QC, and stood accused of ‘ totally unacceptable and regrettable behavior ' having said to have shown complete disregard to a legal agreement to free an Algerian from a UK Immigration detention centre.

Under this system, any person who claims to have the right of abode in Hong Kong can prove their status only by showing a certificate of right of abode issued by the Director of Immigration of Hong Kong.

Gladys Li, a Hong Kong Senior Counsel and a member of Civic Party, helped three Filipino families to apply for judicial review at High Court, in order to challenge the restriction stated in the Immigration Ordinances for foreign domestic helpers who have seven years ' continuous ordinary residence in Hong Kong through working to apply for permanent residency.

Organizations that have endorsed Tancredo's bill include: NumbersUSA, Population-Environment Balance, Carrying Capacity Network, Federation for American Immigration Reform, Negative Population Growth, and the American Patrol.

Immigration clearance at in some ports of entry have automated sections open to the country's own residents or citizens, such as the E-Channel found in Hong Kong and Macau, and Global Entry found at some airports in the United States.

In 2002 Hughes was appointed Minister of State for Immigration, Citizenship and Counter Terrorism, but was forced to resign in April 2004 when it was shown that she had been informed of procedural improprieties concerning the granting of visas to certain categories of workers from Eastern Europe-she had earlier told the House of Commons that if she had been aware of such facts she would have done something about it.