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🔗 Sources, Documentation

ICE Quick Reference

Why "Abolishing ICE" is a bad idea.

Insert ✴︎TL;DR✴︎ Impact table here

• The majority of ICE resources are in HSI (Homeland security investigations) – recall Tiny poking fun at the jackets of the DHS agents in MN after the Shirley/Somali investigations… they were HSI.
• Only ~15% are for Enforcement and removal operations (ERO).

5 Core Functions

1. Enforcement and removal operations (ERO) - detain and remove non-citizens who pose a threat (e.g. terrorists, gang members, war criminals). Note: of the approximately 1.2 million removals in 2023, 600,000 were voluntary fill the legal obligations under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
2. HSI - human trafficking, child, exploitation, cyber crime, financial crime, narcotics, counterfeit goods, weapons, illicit opioids supply chain
3. Customs and trade enforcement - import/export compliance, seizing contraband, protecting intellectual property; forfeiture proceeds, go back into law enforcement
4. Detention standards and oversight - akin to internal affairs. Sets national detention standards, inspect facilities, handles misconduct complaints.
5. International partnerships - joint task forces, extends the US reach in law-enforcement/investigations, shares intelligence, and builds the US capacity abroad; as of FY 23, 16 partner countries.

ICE Annual Reports – general overview of the agency’s mission, ERO priorities, and OPR oversight

FY 2023 press release that breaks out the HSI statistics (arrests, narcotics seizures, counterfeit goods, child‑exploitation victims, etc.)

“2023 Year‑in‑Review” feature – details on the Transnational Criminal Investigative Units (TCIUs) expansion to 16 partner countries and other FY 2023 highlights

PDF of the FY 2023 Annual Report (full tables, seizure totals, arrest counts, etc.)

PDF of the FY 2024 Annual Report (latest seizure numbers, operational updates, and emerging priorities)

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