ENFORCEMENT
Investigations
ICE Investigations focuses on a broad array of national security, financial, and smuggling violations, including illegal arms exports, financial crimes, commercial fraud, human trafficking, narcotic smuggling, child pornography and exploitation, intellectual property rights and immigration fraud. Using their unique legal authorities, ICE agents also conduct investigations aimed at protecting critical infrastructure industries that are vulnerable to sabotage, attack, or exploitation. READ MORE
Immigration
In the Immigration section, you will find information on ICE efforts and strategies regarding immigration enforcement. While the DHS agency Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is responsible for securing the borders from illegal entry, ICE is responsible for apprehending, detaining and deporting those individuals who have managed to enter the country illegally. Various aspects of ICE immigration enforcement include:
Office of Detention and Removal (DRO), which represents the final step of the immigration enforcement process. DRO serves the public by removing unauthorized aliens from the United States. DRO’s resources and expertise are required to transport aliens from point to point, to manage them in custody while their cases are being processed and, finally, to remove them from the United States when ordered to do so.
Interior Enforcement, which includes combating the trafficking and smuggling of human beings and immigration related fraud, also includes the apprehension of fugitive aliens who have failed to surrender to DRO as required by law.
The Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS), which documents information pertaining to international foreign students and exchange visitors
The Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), which collects and disseminates immigration status information necessary to determine eligibility for public benefits.
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Special Registration
The formal requirement for individuals previously registered in the National Security Entry/Exit Registration System (NSEERS) to re-register after 30-days and one year of continuous presence in the United States is suspended. The interim rule outlining the new procedures will take effect immediately with publication in the Federal Register, and allows for a 60 day public comment period. READ MORE
The archived Special Registration program can be reviewed by clicking here.
Major Initiatives
This section contains information on ICE’s various major enforcement initiatives: Cornerstone, ICE Storm, Iraqi Heritage,
and Predator. READ MORE
Air and Marine
The Office of Air and Marine Operations (AMO), is the Nation’s premier air and marine law enforcement organization. Headed by Director Charles E. Stallworth II, a former U.S. Air Force Colonel and Fighter Pilot, AMO has a staff of nearly 1,000 dedicated individuals with a broad range of experience. Over half of the staff are law enforcement officers: Pilots, Marine Enforcement Officers and Aviation Enforcement Officers, who guard U.S. seas and skies from increasingly more complex threats from illegal drugs, terrorism and human smuggling criminal organizations. READ MORE
Federal Buildings
The Federal Protective Service (FPS) conducts Building Security Assessments on all GSA-controlled facilities to evaluate threats and tailor appropriate security countermeasures. The Federal Protective Service (FPS) has full law enforcement capabilities on Federal property including the authority to detain and arrest people; seize goods or conveyances; obtain arrest and search warrants; respond to incidents and emergency situations; provide protection during demonstrations or civil unrest, and to be deputized by Federal or local law enforcement agencies for law enforcement response in special situations. READ MORE
Most Wanted
Take a look at ICE’s most wanted criminal aliens and most wanted fugitives. READ MORE
Communities
The ICE Communities section outlines various programs and initiatives through which ICE coordinates with state and local law enforcement, foreign governments, national crime centers, financial institutions, and more. READ MORE
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