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USBP Laws Part 7

(4) Immigration inspectors -

(5) Adjudications officers -

(6) Supervisory and managerial personnel who are responsible for supervising the activities of those officers listed in this paragraph- and

(7) Immigration officers who need the authority to conduct searches under section 287(c) of the Act in order to effectively accomplish their individual missions and who are designated, individually or as a class, by the Commissioner.

(e) Power and authority to execute warrants. (1) Search warrants. The following immigration officers who have successfully completed basic immigration law enforcement training are hereby authorized and designated to exercise the power conferred by section 287(a) of the Act to execute a search warrant:

(i) Border patrol agents, including aircraft pilots-

(ii) Special agents -

(iii) Supervisory and managerial personnel who are responsible for supervising the activities of those officers listed in this paragraph, and

(iv) Immigration officers who need the authority to execute search warrants under section 287(a) of the Act in order to effectively accomplish their individual missions and who are designated, individually or as a class, by the Commissioner with the approval of the Deputy Attorney General.

(2) Issuance of arrest warrants for immigration violations. A warrant of arrest may be issued only by the following immigration officers:

(i) District directors (except foreign) -

(ii) Deputy district directors (except foreign) -

(iii) Assistant district directors for investigations -

(iv) Deputy assistant district directors for investigations -

(v) Assistant district directors for deportation -

(vi) Deputy assistant district directors for deportation -

(vii) Assistant district directors for examinations -

(viii) Deputy assistant district directors for examinations -

(ix) Officers in charge (except foreign) -

(x) Assistant officers in charge (except foreign) -

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