Inspector's Field Manual - Gani

Inspector's Field Manual
ppendix 3-5 Sample Position Description: Immigration Inspector
(Special Operations)
I. Introduction:
This position is located at a seaport, land border crossing or airport where the incumbent performs a wide
range of complex advisory and coordinating duties, and other specialized assignments involving highly
sensitive inspection, enforcement, and facilitation issues. This is the standard position description for the
Immigration Inspector (Special Operations). The incumbent performs, for at least the majority of the time, in one
or more of the major functional areas listed below.
II. Major Duties and Responsibilities:
1. Special Emphasis Units. As a member of a special emphasis unit the incumbent collects raw and finished
intelligence reports/data from the immigration inspectors, intelligence officers, and local sources. Reviews
previous destinations of incoming vehicles, vessels, passengers, and pedestrians. Analyzes information and
identifies passengers, pedestrians, commercial carriers, and vessels that require in-depth or special emphasis
inspection actions because of high risk of narcotics, illegal migration, organized crime, smuggling activities,
sale, use or production of fraudulent documents or other criminal activity. Develops profiles, patterns, and blitz
targets to be used by other inspectors. Plans actions to be taken, coordinates activities with designated team
members and appropriate agents outside the teams, and leads/oversees the intensive action operations, where
appropriate. Monitors trends and forces (i.e. political, economic, social, and cultural) in foreign and domestic
areas which may directly or indirectly foster/support illegal migration, terrorism, or drug trafficking, and/or
any other related illegal activity which may be of interest to the port, the Service or the intelligence community.
Maintains contact to keep abreast of current local, national, and international developments, resolves
common/strategic problems, and provides for free flow of information on matters of intelligence interest;
establishes effective/harmonious working relationships with counterparts. May perform these functions for
more than one station, all of which may be remote from the unit's central duty station. Represents their area of
responsibility on committees, at conferences and other meetings. Provides intelligence and other information to
the local intelligence officer for possible use and incorporation into future intelligence endeavors.
As a member of the Advance Passenger Information System (APIS) special emphasis unit, reviews flight and
vessel manifests, schedules, and arrivals produced by APIS to identify and profile passengers for secondary
inspection and to provide a track record/point of research to screen possible involvement of crewmembers and
airline/ shipping company officials. Reviews and analyzes such areas as carrier compliance with boarding
regulations, patterns of violations and problems with carriers in order to build an intelligence history of
crewmembers, airlines, and officials. Analyzes information and identifies aircraft, vessels, and passengers that
may require an in-depth or special emphasis inspection because of a high risk of narcotics, fraud and similar
high-priority violations. Forwards information to inspectors on the scene. Incumbent uses available
information systems (e.g. IBIS, NAILS, NCIC, TECS, NLETS, EPIC, OASIS), and other national and international
law enforcement data bases, in the inspection and investigation of individuals applying for admission into the
United States and performs a variety of intelligence gathering analyses of passengers to determine if they are
admissible or excludable. Notifies the appropriate lead agency and foreign embassy/consular personnel of
detained aliens. Reviews recommendations from inspectors, deportation officers, and special agents to enter
data into various law enforcement data bases, ensuring that the case file supports the recommendation and
authorizes or denies entry into the files.
2. Team Leader. Serves as a team leader to a group of lower graded inspectors. Provides advice and guidance
to lower graded inspectors in applying a wide variety of procedures and methods to widely diversified
inspection activities, i.e., questions relating to interpretation of difficult and/or complex points of Immigration
and Nationality Law, criminal or civil laws, and precedent decisions, and/or interrelationship of facts and
evidence necessary to substantiate criminal or administrative procedures. Incumbent is recognized authority on
the interpretation of immigration and nationality laws, regulations, and policy materials and is called upon to
provide advice and assistance to other governmental entities including foreign, as well as assistance in
non-governmental functions. Incumbent is recognized as an "expert" in the detection of fraudulent documents