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DHS’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) duties are carried out through more than 400 federal statutes and focus on smart immigration enforcement, humane detention, preventing terrorism, and combating the illegal movement of people and goods.
Immigration enforcement includes work within the country’s interior as well as at the border including partnerships with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and ICE assets.
Illegal trade mainly involves guns, money, and drugs, but ICE’s responsibilities include all kinds of illegal and counterfeit merchandise coming into the country.
An in-depth policy to guide enforcement actions and provide an expanded, non-exhaustive list of protected areas.
Suspected immigration or customs violations should be reported directly to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
The Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman is a new and independent office reporting directly to the Secretary of Homeland Security and not a part of ICE or CBP that will assist individuals with complaints about the potential violation of immigration detention standards or other misconduct by DHS (or contract) personnel, and provide oversight of immigration detention facilities.
