[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 8, Volume 1]
[Revised as of January 1, 2010]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 8CFR2.1]

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                     TITLE 8--ALIENS AND NATIONALITY
 
               CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
 
PART 2_AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF HOMELAND SECURITY--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 2.1  Authority of the Secretary of Homeland Security.

    Authority: 8 U.S.C. 1103; 5 U.S.C. 301; Public Law 107-296, 116 
Stat. 2135 (6 U.S.C. 1 et seq.).


    All authorities and functions of the Department of Homeland Security 
to administer and enforce the immigration laws are vested in the 
Secretary of Homeland Security. The Secretary of Homeland Security may, 
in the Secretary's discretion, delegate any such authority or function 
to any official, officer, or employee of the Department of Homeland 
Security, including delegation through successive redelegation, or to 
any employee of the United States to the extent authorized by law. Such 
delegation may be made by regulation, directive, memorandum, or other 
means as deemed appropriate by the Secretary in the exercise of the 
Secretary's discretion. A delegation of authority or function may in the 
Secretary's discretion be published in the Federal Register, but such 
publication is not required.

[68 FR 10923, Mar. 6, 2003]