(a) Issuance of a warrant of removal—
(1) In general.
A Form I-205, Warrant of Removal, based upon the final administrative removal order in the alien's case shall be issued by any of the following immigration officials:
(i)
Director, Detention and Removal Operations;
(ii)
Deputy Assistant Director, Field Operations;
(iii)
Field Office Directors;
(iv)
Deputy Field Office Directors;
(v)
Assistant Field Office Directors;
(vii)
Special Agents in Charge;
(viii)
Deputy Special Agents in Charge;
(ix)
Associate Special Agents in Charge;
(x)
Assistant Special Agents in Charge;
(xii)
Resident Agents in Charge;
(xiii)
District Field Officers;
(xiv)
Chief Patrol Agents;
(xv)
Deputy Chief Patrol Agents;
(xvi)
Assistant Chief Patrol Agents;
(xvii)
Patrol Agents in Charge;
(xviii)
Unit Chief, Law Enforcement Support Center;
(xix)
Section Chief, Law Enforcement Support Center;
(xxi)
Deputy Port Directors;
(xxii)
Assistant Port Directors;
(xxiii)
Director, Field Operations;
(xxiv)
Deputy Director, Field Operations;
(xxv)
Assistant Director, Field Operations; and
(xxvi)
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 Removal.
(2) Costs and care during removal.
The immigration officials listed in paragraphs (a)(1)(i) through (xxv) of this section, and other officers or employees of the Department or the United States who are delegated the authority as provided in 8 CFR 2.1, shall exercise the authority contained in section 241 of the Act to determine at whose expense the alien shall be removed and whether his or her mental or physical condition requires personal care and attention en route to his or her destination.
(b) Execution of the warrant of removal.
Any officer authorized by 8 CFR 287.5(e)(3) to execute administrative warrants of arrest may execute a warrant of removal.
Code of Federal Regulations
[70 FR 67089, Nov. 4, 2005]