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IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
An agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
Synonyms:
Immigration and Naturalization Service; INS
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Immigration and Naturalization Service" is a kind of...):
agency; authority; bureau; federal agency; government agency; office (an administrative unit of government)
Meronyms (parts of "Immigration and Naturalization Service"):
United States Border Patrol; US Border Patrol (the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States)
Holonyms ("Immigration and Naturalization Service" is a part of...):
Department of Homeland Security; Homeland Security (the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security)
