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When the Pacific war broke out in December 1941, the bureau, then
under the Department of Justice, moved to the Bilibid Prison on
Azcarraga Street (now Claro M. Recto Avenue).
Immediately after the war, the bureau was transferred near the
Gate 1 of the South Harbor in Manila, then moved to Building No. 5
at the Customs Bureau at Gate 4. In 1945, in line with the
reorganization plan of the government, the bureau was put under
the supervision and control of the Department of Labor.
The bureau was given the sole authority to enforce and administer
immigration and foreign nationals registration laws including the
admission, registration, exclusion and deportation and repatriation
of foreign nationals. It also supervises the immigration from the
Philippines of foreign nationals.
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