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    (e) * * *

    (2) Issuance of arrest warrants for immigration violations. A warrant of arrest may be issued by any of the following immigration officials who have been authorized or delegated such authority:

    (i) District directors (except foreign);

    (ii) Deputy district directors (except foreign);

    (iii) Assistant district directors for investigations;

    (iv) Deputy assistant district directors for

investigations;

    (v) Assistant district directors for deportation;

    (vi) Deputy assistant district directors for

deportation;

    (vii) Assistant district directors for examinations;

    (viii) Deputy assistant district directors for

examinations;

    (ix) Officers in charge (except foreign);

    (x) Assistant officers in charge (except foreign);

    (xi) Chief patrol agents;

    (xii) Deputy chief patrol agents;

    (xiii) Assistant chief patrol agents;

    (xiv) Patrol agents in charge;

    (xv) Assistant patrol agents in charge;

    (xvi) Field operations supervisors;

    (xvii) Special operations supervisors;

    (xviii) Supervisory border patrol agents;

    (xix) The Assistant Commissioner, Investigations;

    (xx) Institutional Hearing Program directors;

    (xxi) Area port directors;

    (xxii) Port directors;

    (xxiii) Deputy port directors;

    (xxiv) Assistant Area port directors;

    (xxv) Supervisory deportation officers;

    (xxvi) Supervisory detention and deportation officers;

    (xxvii) Group Supervisors;

    (xxviii) Director, Office of Detention and Removal

Operations;

    (xxix) Special Agents in Charge;

    (xxx) Deputy Special Agents in Charge;

    (xxxi) Associate Special Agents in Charge;

    (xxxii) Assistant Special Agents in Charge;

    (xxxiii) Resident Agents in Charge;

    (xxxiv) Field Office Directors;

    (xxxv) Deputy Field Office Directors;

    (xxxvi) District Field Officers;

    (xxxvii) Supervisory district adjudications officers;

    (xxxviii) Supervisory asylum officers;

    (xxxix) Supervisory special agents;

    (xl) Director of investigations;

    (xli) Directors or officers in charge of detention

facilities;

    (xlii) Directors of field operations;

    (xliii) Deputy or assistant directors of field

operations;

    (xliv) Unit Chief, Law Enforcement Support Center;

    (xlv) Section Chief, Law Enforcement Support Center;

    (xlvi) Director, Field Operations;

    (xlvii) Deputy Director, Field Operations;

    (xlviii) Assistant Director, Field Operations;

    (xlix) Immigration Enforcement Agents; or

    (l) Other officers or employees of the Department or the United States who are delegated the authority as provided in 8 CFR 2.1 to issue warrants of arrest.

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October 17, 2005. Signed

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Dated :     Michael Chertoff,

    Secretary