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Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO)

Last Updated: June 20, 2023 | Publication

Summary of CRCL's Recommendations and ICE's Response: Erroneous Removal

On March 23, 2023, ICE responded to a Recommendation Memorandum issued in June 2022 by CRCL about the erroneous removal of a Guatemalan national previously in ICE detention.

Last Updated: April 28, 2023 | Speeches

Secretario Alejandro Mayorkas y Secretario Antony J. Blinken durante conferencia de prensa conjunta

Secretario Antony J. Blinken y secretario de Seguridad Nacional Alejandro Mayorkas durante conferencia de prensa conjunta

Last Updated: April 28, 2023 | Fact Sheets

Hoja informativa: El Gobierno de EE. UU. anuncia nuevas medidas contundentes para gestionar la migración regional

En el día de hoy, el Departamento de Estado y el Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) han anunciado nuevas medidas contundentes para seguir reduciendo la migración ilegal en el Hemisferio Occidental, ampliar de manera significativa las vías legales de protección y facilitar el procesamiento seguro, ordenado y humano de las personas migrantes.

Last Updated: April 27, 2023 | Press Releases

DHS lleva a cabo docenas de vuelos de deportación cada semana

Durante la primera mitad del año fiscal 2023, el Departmento de Seguridad Interna (DHS) efectuó 225,483 deportaciones y retornos, un aumento sobre la cifra de 170,896 durante el mismo periodo del año anterior. Esa cifra incluye casi 66,000 deportaciones, 48,381 que se llevaron a cabo por el Servicio de Inmigración y Aduanas (ICE por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos. Esas cifras se suman al 453,322 que fueron expulsados por el servicio de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP por sus siglas en inglés) de Estados Unidos por la frontera suroeste bajo la orden de salud pública del Título 42.

Last Updated: April 27, 2023 | Press Releases

DHS Conducts Dozens of Removal Flights Every Week

During the first half of Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) increased removals and returns to 225,483, up from 170,896 over the same period in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. That number includes nearly 66,000 removals, 48,381 of which were conducted through U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) removal flights. Those numbers are in addition to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) total southwest land border Title 42 expulsions, which reached 453,322 in that same timeframe. 

Last Updated: April 27, 2023 | Fact Sheets

Fact Sheet: U.S. Government Announces Sweeping New Actions to Manage Regional Migration

The Department of State (State) and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) are announcing sweeping new measures to further reduce unlawful migration across the Western Hemisphere, significantly expand lawful pathways for protection, and facilitate the safe, orderly, and humane processing of migrants.

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: July 14, 2017 | Publication

Fact Sheet: Artesia Temporary Holding Facility for Adults with Children in Expedited Removal

Fact Sheet on the Artesia Temporary Holding Facility for Adults with Children in Expedited Removal.

Last Updated: May 19, 2016 | Testimony

Written testimony of ICE for a Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration and the National Interest hearing titled “Declining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases – The Lawless Immigration Policies of the Obama Administration”

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Thomas Homan addresses how ICE works with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to smartly and effectively enforce the nation’s immigration laws.