immigration and naturalization service

1. 1.

   an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States

   SynonymsINS

   Broaderagency

   Part ofDepartment of Homeland Security

   PartsUnited States Border Patrol

Questions about immigration and naturalization service

What does immigration and naturalization service mean?

immigration and naturalization service means "an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States".

What is another word for immigration and naturalization service?

Close synonyms include INS. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is immigration and naturalization service a common word?

immigration and naturalization service is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.