The Orlando Sentinel reported today that the Secretary of Homeland Security, Janet Napolitano reported yesterday that the U.S. Customs & Border Protection (USCBP), a component of the DHS, reported a 17% reduction in arrests in Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 which ended on September 30, 2010. According to the DHS Secretary, the reduction in arrests is the result of a combination of factors such as the downward economy, heightened [...]

The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday.  The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States. The Los Angeles, [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) arrested 286 people in California  in a 3 day operation to apprehend suspected immigrants with criminal records and, undocumented immigrants without criminal records in California. This enforcement action was conducted by the USICE’s Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for identifying, apprehending, and deporting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives who have [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (USICE) announced that via their Secure Communities Program, that it has identified and deported over 110,000 criminal aliens who were apprehended by state and local law enforcement. USICE officials estimate that the program will be implemented in every state by 2011 and be available to every law enforcement agency across the country within 2 years from [...]

The New York Times reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) who are responsible for identifying and apprehending immigrants who have ignored deportation orders, have recently been arresting more immigrants with criminal records. Statistics from the USICE has shown that in the past 3 years, over 70% of immigrants arrested by USICE agents had no criminal histories. About 45% of the approximately 35,000 immigrants [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that senior officials from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (USICE) said that their agents in the Fugitive Operations Teams who are responsible for identifying and apprehending immigrants that have ignored deportation orders, will continue to arrest immigrants who are in the United States illegally that happen to be in an area where USICE agents are conducting an apprehension. [...]