Under which section of the INA do you have authority to board and search anywhere in the United States?

• A. INA 235
• B. INA 287
• C. INA 236
• D. INA 235A

Answer: (B)

The ability to board and search anywhere in the United States is provided by immigration law that authorizes inland enforcement. Specifically, this authority is granted to immigration officers under INA 287 (codified at 8 U.S.C. 1357), which empowers officers to board, search, and seize to enforce the immigration laws within the interior of the United States. This inland authority covers actions beyond ports of entry, allowing enforcement activities wherever needed to locate and apprehend aliens.

Other sections deal with different aspects—such as entry procedures and inspections at ports of entry or other detention/removal processes—and do not grant the broad inland boarding and searching authority that INA 287 provides. Therefore, the section that best fits the question is INA 287.