287(g) Program: Named after section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), this program enhances the safety and security of communities by creating partnerships with state and local law enforcement agencies to identify and remove noncitizens who are amenable to removal from the United States.ĮRO’s Targeting Operations focus on interior enforcement of U.S.Criminal Alien Program: The Criminal Alien Program (CAP) focuses identifying, administratively arresting, and removing priority noncitizens who are incarcerated within federal, state, and local prisons and jails, as well as at-large criminal noncitizens who have circumvented identification.CAD oversees the Criminal Alien Program and the 287(g) Program.
The Criminal Alien Division (CAD) performs strategic planning and establishes policies designed to augment ICE’s ability to arrest and remove such noncitizens from the United States. The Enforcement Division manages the enforcement initiatives and components through which ERO identifies and arrests removable noncitizens.ĮRO’s Enforcement comprises four Divisions.
Using its broad statutory authorities, ICE identifies and removes dangerous, often recidivist, criminal noncitizens engaged in crimes such as murder, predatory sexual offenses, narcotics smuggling, noncitizen smuggling, and a host of other crimes that have a profoundly negative impact on our society.
ERO deportation officers assigned to INTERPOL also assist in targeting and apprehending foreign fugitives or Fugitive Arrest and Removal (FAR) cases who are wanted for crimes committed abroad and who are now at-large in the U.S.ĮRO manages all aspects of the immigration enforcement process, including identification and arrest, domestic transportation, detention, bond management, and supervised release, including alternatives to detention. ERO's work is critical to the enforcement of immigration law against those who present a danger to our national security, are a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine the integrity of our immigration system.ĮRO operations target public safety threats, such as convicted criminal noncitizens and gang members, as well as individuals who have otherwise violated our nation's immigration laws, including those who illegally re-entered the country after being removed and immigration fugitives ordered removed by federal immigration judges. immigration law at, within, and beyond our borders.