A Partnership for Protection
Year One Review
September 2006
List of Acronyms
- APSS
- Asylum Pre-Screening System
- BIA
- Board of Immigration Appeals
- BSO
- Border Services Officer
- CBP
- Customs and Border Protection
- CBSA
- Canada Border Services Agency
- CCR
- Canadian Council for Refugees
- CIC
- Citizenship and Immigration Canada
- DDFM
- Detention and Deportation Officers’ Field Manual
- DHS
- Department of Homeland Security
- DOJ
- Department of Justice
- DRO
- Detention and Removal Operations
- EOIR
- Executive Office for Immigration Review
- FOSS
- Field Operations Support System
- GBA
- Gender-based analysis
- HQASM
- Headquarters Asylum Division
- ICE
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- INA
- Immigration and Nationality Act
- IRB
- Immigration and Refugee Board
- IRPA
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- IRPR
- Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations
- NGO
- Non-governmental organization
- OCIJ
- Office of the Chief Immigration Judge
- OPPM
- Operating Policies and Procedures Memorandum
- PCS
- Public Communications Services
- POE
- Port of entry
- SAO
- Supervisory Asylum Officer
- TRP
- Temporary resident permit
- TSI
- Threshold Screening Interview
- TSR
- Temporary suspension of removal
- UNHCR
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
- USCIS
- U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services