Immigration and Naturalization Service (I.N.S.)
Federal immigration enforcement and refugee reception/processing; crisis-response coordination with public-health and humanitarian agenciesDescription
Federal enforcers seize command of San Diego's harbor shadows as Agent Joseph Russo storms in, assessing the Horizon's grim cargo—83 Chinese stowaways clinging to life amid 13 corpses in sweltering containers. I.N.S. agents Betram and Gardner hurl brutal truths at Josh and Sam: $20k-$40k smuggling debts chaining refugees to sweatshops, drugs, prostitution; coached evangelical pleas masking desperation. They lock detainees in temporary camps, mandate 'credible fear interviews' to sift genuine persecution from feigned faith, and thrust representatives into White House huddles with Christian leaders and Beijing diplomats. Custodians of bodies and fates, they bridge Coast Guard chaos to presidential crisis, their skepticism clashing against humanitarian pleas in urgent briefings and procedural handoffs.