Federal agency that oversees lawful immigration to the United States. - Adoption manages the first step in the process for U.S. citizens to adopt children from other countries - Citizenship (Includes the Related Naturalization Process) Processes applications for individuals who wish to become U.S. citizens through naturalization, determine eligibility, and, if approved, schedule the Oath of Allegiance ceremony. Determines eligibility and provides documentation of U.S. citizenship for people who acquired or derived U.S. citizenship through their parents. - Civic Integration Promotes instruction and training on citizenship rights and responsibilities and provide immigrants with the information and tools necessary to successfully integrate into American civic culture - Genealogy A fee-for-service program providing family historians and other researchers with timely access to historical immigration and naturalization records of deceased immigrants - Humanitarian programs administers humanitarian programs that provide protection to individuals inside and outside the United States who are displaced by war, famine and civil and political unrest, and those who are forced to flee their countries to escape the risk of death and torture at the hands of persecutors. - Immigration of Family Members manages the process that allows current permanent residents and U.S. citizens to bring close relatives to live and work in the United States - Information to immigrants eligible for immigration benefits; other general services to immigrants legally in the US - Verifying an Individual's Legal Right to Work in the United States (E-Verify). Manages the system that allows participating employers to electronically verify the employment eligibility of their newly hired employees. - Working in the U.S. manages the process that allows individuals from other countries to work in the United States. Some of the opportunities are temporary, and some provide a path to a green card (permanent residence).

The principal investigative arm of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security - National security investigations - Enforcement and removal operations - Inspection of people entering the U.S. - Verification of employment authorization of immigrants Volunteer lawyers are available to review cases during the initial master calendar hearing for removal. The volunteers are simply there at all initial master calendar days. Family members can call the Immigration Court Hotline to find out the date of the hearing; they can attend the hearing if they want. They will need to enter the Alien Number (or A#) of the detainee. The detainee should have the number and can give it to their friends/family. The Community Helpline can address questions/concerns related to: - Community outreach inquiries and requests - Prosecutorial discretion requests - Detention concerns - Information about enforcement activities - Other concerns regularly raised by the public