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Last Updated: October 27, 2021 | Publication

Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas Memo

This memorandum provides guidance for ICE and CBP enforcement actions in or near areas that require special protection. It is effective immediately.

Last Updated: October 27, 2021 | Site Page

Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

A comprehensive policy to guide enforcement actions and provide an expanded, non-exhaustive list of protected areas.

Last Updated: April 27, 2021 | Press Releases

DHS Announces New Guidance to Limit ICE and CBP Civil Enforcement Actions In or Near Courthouse

Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas directed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to place new limits on civil immigration enforcement actions in or near courthouses.  Acting Director of ICE Tae Johnson and Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller have issued a memorandum to ICE and CBP personnel pertaining to the limited circumstances in which civil immigration enforcement actions may be carried out in or near a courthouse.

Last Updated: October 22, 2020 | Publication

Immigration Enforcement Actions

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) engages in immigration enforcement actions to prevent unlawful entry into the United States and to apprehend and repatriate noncitizens who have violated or failed to comply with U.S. immigration laws. Primary responsibility for the enforcement of immigration law within DHS rests with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). CBP enforces immigration laws at and between the ports of entry, ICE is responsible for interior enforcement and for detention and removal operations, and USCIS adjudicates applications and petitions for immigration and naturalization benefits.