Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Immigration and Naturalization Service
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An abbreviation
- noun of inspector;
- noun of insurance.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun astronomy Isolated neutron star.
- noun
Inertial navigation system . - noun US, historical
Immigration andnaturalization service . - initialism military, nautical Initialism of Indian Naval Ship.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
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Examples
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And I'll be honest with you, we got a long way to go to make sure that what they call the INS is working the way we want it to work.
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Another one is what we call INS, or inertia navigational system, gyro, self - contained.
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The question is addressed in INS v. Chadha, 462 U.S.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Balkin on the “Slaughter Solution” 2010
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Malpractice INS is running folks right out of business.
White House unveils $25 million medical malpractice initiative 2009
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But only the INS is empowered to directly deport the people, so all the state can do is deliver the arrestees to the feds to be deported.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Is the Arizona Immigration Law Preempted? 2010
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Joi says, It's a game for kids teaching them about their rights and trying to stop abusive anti-due-process stuff the INS is doing.
Boing Boing 2008
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(Four Justices agreed with the Marshall position in INS v.St. Cyr, and although the majority signaled its disagreement, it did not actually resolve the constitutional question.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Four Justices agreed with the Marshall position in INS v.St. Cyr, and although the majority signaled its disagreement, it did not actually resolve the constitutional question.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Four Justices agreed with the Marshall position in INS v.St. Cyr, and although the majority signaled its disagreement, it did not actually resolve the constitutional question.)
Balkinization 2007
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(Four Justices agreed with the Marshall position in INS v.St. Cyr, and although the majority signaled its disagreement, it did not actually resolve the constitutional question.)
Balkinization 2007
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