Homeland Security Move Splits INS in Two

By Jennifer Ludden

Published December 17, 2002 at 12:00 AM EST

The Immigration and Naturalization Service will be dissolved into two units under the Department of Homeland Security. In place of the INS will be one unit for border security, and another for "Citizenship and Immigration Services." NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports.

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