An act to provide for customs functions to be exercisable by the secretary of state the director of border revenue and officials designated by them to make provision about the use and disclosure. January 1 december 31 2009 immigration remains on the backburner in congress but states continue forging ahead with record levels of immigrant related legislation as of november 20 2009 state legislatures enacted 222 laws and adopted 131 resolutions in 48 states for a total of 353 laws and resolutions nationwide of these 20 were vetoed by governors. The borders citizenship and immigration act 2009 c 11 is an act of the parliament of the united kingdom prior to the act residents who had spent five years living in the united kingdom were able to apply for indefinite leave to remain under the act five years of residence leads to probationary citizenship which can lead to full citizenship after earning a certain number of points such as volunteering or civic activism. Immigration law 2009 revision work permit that can be granted or renewed in respect of a worker as a consequence thereof fixed term work permit means the special work permit that the chief immigration officer may grant under section 52 full time in relation to a student means attendance at a single educational