
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. Detention Management Division: Coordinates with the 24 ERO Field Offices to ensure a safe and secure environment for noncitizens within ERO custody through facility compliance, on-site monitoring, and the acquisition of detention facilities.Operations include the ERO Contact Center of Operations (ECCO) for ERO internal and external communication for detainees, family members, stakeholders and attorneys. Responds to internal and external inquiries, complaints and requests for information related to ICE ERO custody management. Provides policy support, facilitates the implementation of applicable ICE/ERO Directives and expands ERO’s capacity to manage special populations. Custody Programs Division: Strengthens the integrity of the agency’s immigration activities by developing and promoting best practices in civil detention and enforcement initiatives.Alternatives to Detention Division: Uses technology and other tools to manage noncitizens compliance with release conditions, court hearings, and final orders of removal, while allowing them to remain in the United States as they move through the immigration process.Custody Management manages ICE detention operations efficiently and effectively to provide for the safety, security, and care of noncitizens in ERO custody.ĮRO's Custody Management Division comprises the following: Provides policy and oversight for the administrative custody of one of the most highly transient and diverse populations of any or detention system in the world.

to more than 170 countries around the world. In addition, ERO removes noncitizens ordered removed from the U.S. 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.
