News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
If this law takes effect, ICE would simply have to transfer individuals a greater distance from their arrest location to other facilities.
For decades, immigration officers have utilized detainers as a collaborative law enforcement tool.
As field office directors for ICE ERO, we we want to set the record straight.
ICE does not conduct immigration enforcement operations at hurricane evacuation sites or shelters, such as during and immediately after hurricanes.
The acting ICE director testified Thursday afternoon before the House Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Homeland Security.
The test is intended to ensure public safety officials have the methods and systems that will deliver urgent alerts and warnings to the public.
"ICE’s mission is critical to protecting national security and public safety..."
ICE is deeply concerned by the devastation wildfires have caused in significant portions of northern California.
“ICE plays a critical role in protecting public safety and our national security..."
“It has been the honor of my life to lead the men and women of ICE for more than a year..."
"In each targeted enforcement action in which these specific individuals were sought, ICE officers acted professionally..."
"It is yet another example of the need for Congress to urgently close the loopholes that allow criminal aliens to avoid removal and remain in the United States."
Since Sunday, ICE deportation officers have arrested more than 150 individuals who are in violation of federal U.S. immigration laws.
“Today's actions send a strong message to U.S. businesses that hire and employ an illegal workforce: ICE will enforce the law, and if you are found to be breaking the law, you will be held accountable.”
“We remain deeply grateful for Special Agent McGuire’s service and for the selfless manner in which he lived his life. His family will always be part of the ICE family.”
"San Francisco’s policy of refusing to honor ICE detainers is a blatant threat to public safety and undermines the rule of law."
“Once again, a non-cooperative jurisdiction has left their community vulnerable to dangerous individuals and preventable crimes."
Despite the severe challenges that this law creates for ICE, we remain committed to our public safety mission and we will continue to do our sworn duty to seek out dangerous criminal aliens and other immigration violators.
By passing this bill, California politicians have chosen to prioritize politics over public safety.
This legislation will greatly help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) efforts to target and dismantle transnational gangs, like MS-13, who pose a direct threat to public safety.
For the safety and security of our communities, ICE fugitive operations teams will continue to target and arrest criminal aliens and other individuals who are in violation of our nation’s immigration laws, in non-affected areas of the country, as part of routine operations.
As Hurricane Irma approaches the United States and its territories, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) highest priorities – as they were with Hurricane Harvey – are to promote life-saving and life-sustaining activities, the safe evacuation of people who are leaving the impacted area, the maintenance of public order, the prevention of the loss of property to the extent possible, and the speedy recovery of the region. Anyone in the path of this storm should follow instructions from their local officials and heed any warnings as this dangerous storm approaches.
Real HSI officials wear badges that are labeled "special agent," which members of the public can ask to see and verify. ICE officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) also wear badges labeled with ERO Officer.
ICE and CBP also seek to provide for the safety and security of those in our custody and to protect them from bodily harm in the event of a hurricane or a major destructive storm.
"We will not let up in our efforts to disrupt and dismantle the illicit pathways used by transnational criminal organizations and human smuggling facilitators.”
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