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Created in March 2003, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative branch of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). The agency was created after 9/11, by combining the law enforcement arms of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) and the former U.S. Customs Service, to more effectively enforce our immigration and customs laws and to protect the United States against terrorist attacks. ICE does this by targeting illegal immigrants: the people, money and materials that support terrorism and other criminal activities. ICE is a key component of the DHS “layered defense” approach to protecting the nation.

Our mission is to protect America and uphold public safety. We fulfill this mission by identifying criminal activities and eliminating vulnerabilities that pose a threat to our nation’s borders, as well as enforcing economic, transportation and infrastructure security. By protecting our national and border security, ICE seeks to eliminate the potential threat of terrorist acts against the United States.

Targeting center the brains behind anti-terror efforts The adage that “Knowledge is power,” is proved daily at Customs and Border Protection’s National Targeting Center. The brainchild of CBP Commissioner Robert C. Bonner, the targeting center is the centralized coordination point for all of CBP’s anti-terrorism knowledge. Using sophisticated information-gathering techniques and intelligence, the NTC provides target-specific information to field offices ready to act quickly and decisively.

Accomplishments Numerous individuals with terrorist connections have been removed from the United States before they could have inflicted harm against the homeland. At the same time, ICE has broken previous records in terms of detaining and removing immigrants illegally entering our country. ICE is responsible for policing, securing and ensuring a safe environment in which federal agencies can conduct their business.

Visa violators targeted in crackdown ~ More than 350 people who have committed crimes or are suspected of terrorist links have been arrested in a federal crackdown on foreigners with visa violations, part of a broader effort to prevent Al Qaeda from disrupting US elections. Agents with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement, a Homeland Security Department component, are matching identities of visa violators nationwide with names in secret government terrorism databases in hopes of finding Al Qaeda operatives.

Feds Training Local Cops to Arrest Illegal Aliens; States and Cities Not Interested - By Jim Kouri: New York - The Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement directorate authorized 16 additional Alabama state troopers to enforce federal immigration law, following their completion of ICE training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, Ala.

US sweep nets 2100 illegals - US Security - MSNBC.com In a blitz that began May 26, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has arrested nearly 2,100 illegal immigrants across the country. Officials said the raids are aimed at child molesters, gang members and other violent criminals, as well as people like Da Silva who sneaked back into the country after a judge threw them out. The crackdown is called Operation Return to Sender.

ABC News: Federal Sweep Results in Arrests of 375 Gang Members The arrested gang members include many from the notoriously violent MS-13 gang, which has become a top concern of the FBI and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The two-week operation, overseen by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, was part of a Department of Homeland Security effort called Operation Community Shield, which was launched in February 2005, initially to take down members of MS-13. The effort was expanded in May 2005 to go after all criminal gangs, such as the Latin Kings, 18th Street Gang, Big Time Killers, Asian Dragon Family and the Surenos.

Worksite Enforcement: Under this new strategy, ICE is targeting unscrupulous employers of illegal aliens, seeking to initiate criminal prosecutions and cause asset forfeitures. ICE believes that the serious nature of these actions on culpable individuals will be a more sufficient deterrence to those who may not share the goal of fostering a sound and legal workforce. These aliens are vulnerable to exploitation by terrorists and other criminals. ICE works with employers in these cases to identify and immediately remove illegal workers from sensitive facilities and locations where they are in a position to cause harm.

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