(1) to gather, correlate and interpret information and facts concerning all noncitizens in the Virgin Islands;
(2) to inquire into and make recommendations to appropriate agencies, public or private, on any matter concerning noncitizens;
(3) to investigate and make recommendations to the appropriate local or federal departments or agencies concerning the regulation of entry into the Virgin Islands of noncitizens;
(4) to hold public hearings, summon and subpoena witnesses, require the production of papers, books, accounts, reports, documents and records of every kind and description, to take all necessary means to compel the attendance of witnesses, to procure testimony, oral and documentary, relative to his duties and functions;
(5) to maintain an information and orientation center for the benefit of noncitizens;
(6) to promote, assist and encourage the improvement of relations between employers and noncitizen employees;
(7) to assist in the coordination of activities of other public departments and agencies administering laws affecting noncitizens or their dependents;
(8) to investigate, compile and maintain complete and accurate data concerning the number of noncitizens in the Virgin Islands and their immigrant status;
(9) to determine that all rights and privileges granted by law to noncitizens or alien workers in the Virgin Islands on a temporary basis are upheld and to report infractions of such laws to the proper authority;
(10) to provide information to and to cooperate with representative noncitizen or alien organizations and self-help agencies;
(11) to maintain a continuing surveillance to all aspects of the social, economic and cultural problems encountered by noncitizens and their dependents in the Virgin Islands, including but not limited to the areas of employment, housing, education, health, and social welfare;
(12) to promote the overall general welfare of noncitizens in the Virgin Islands;
(13) to recommend to the Governor, legislation concerning noncitizens and their general welfare, for submission to the Legislature;
(14) to perform such other duties in connection with noncitizens which may be referred to the bureau.