INS


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INS

abbr.
Immigration and Naturalization Service
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INS

abbreviation for
(Journalism & Publishing) International News Service
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

INS

or I.N.S.,

Immigration and Naturalization Service.

ins.

1. inches.
2. inspector.
3. insulated.
4. insurance.
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.INS - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
Department of Homeland Security, Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security
United States Border Patrol, US Border Patrol - the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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Translations

ins

abbr of insuranceVers.
abbr of inches
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References in classic literature ?
He never meddled with any other town, for he was afraid to venture into houses whose ins and outs he did not know and the habits of whose households he was not acquainted with.
All it needs is the herd, and I'll stampede a couple of hundred thousand people in here ins two years.
My only becoming occupations is to help young flaunting pagins to brush and comb and titiwate theirselves into whitening and suppulchres, and leave the young men to think that there an't a bit of padding in it nor no pinching ins nor fillings out nor pomatums nor deceits nor earthly wanities--an't it, miss!
It takes a big raskil to beat him; but there's bigger to be found, as know more o' th' ins and outs o' the law, else how came Wakem to lose Brumley's suit for him?"
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The men, who came before the INS of their own accord, had already withstood the winter cold in a line that extended around the block.
The Act reinstated a January 2003 deadline for colleges to get INS authorization to use SEVIS, in order to be able to continue to serve international students.
Attorney General John Ashcroft blasted "professional incompetence" for the "disturbing failure" INS commissioner James Ziglar called it an "inexcusable blunder" and promptly reassigned four top INS officials to "begin the process of accountability." And the Department of Justice Inspector General promised to report exactly what had happened.