Thread: Indiana I.C.E. Secure Communities - UPDATE

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Indiana becomes the 41st state to have any Secure Communities, with 9 of 92 counties activated.

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I.C.E. News Release

June 8, 2011
Indianapolis, IN

9 additional Indiana counties to benefit from ICE program to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens

INDIANAPOLIS - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday began using a federal information-sharing capability as part of the Secure Communities program in the following nine Indiana counties: Bartholomew, Brown, Clay, Crawford, Daviess, Delaware, Gibson, Greene and Johnson. Secure Communities helps federal immigration officials identify criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails by running their fingerprints against federal immigration databases when they are booked into the system.

"Secure Communities enhances public safety by enabling ICE to identify and remove criminal aliens more efficiently and effectively from the United States," said Secure Communities Acting Assistant Director Marc Rapp. "As we expand ICE's use of biometric information sharing nationwide, we are helping to keep communities safe and ensuring the integrity of our immigration system."

With the expansion of the use of biometric information sharing to these nine counties, ICE is using this capability in 43 Indiana jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 1,379 jurisdictions in 43 states. As a result of ICE's use of this enhanced information-sharing capability, which began in October 2008, ICE has removed more than 77,000 criminal aliens - more than 28,000 of whom were convicted of aggravated felonies such as murder, rape, kidnapping and the sexual abuse of children. ICE continues to work with its law enforcement partners across the country to responsibly and effectively implement this federal information sharing capability and plans to reach complete nationwide deployment by 2013.

Prior to the implementation of Secure Communities, fingerprints taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into state or local custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice's (DOJ) criminal history records. Once it is activated in a jurisdiction, the fingerprints that jurisdiction submits to DOJ's biometric system to check for criminal history records are also automatically sent to DHS' biometric system to check against its immigration law enforcement records. When a match is discovered, ICE evaluates the specific case to determine the individual's immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. ICE prioritizes removing criminal aliens convicted of the most serious crimes such as major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping. ICE also gives high priority to other threats to public safety, such as aliens with known gang affiliations, drunken driving arrests, or fugitives, or those who frequently try to game the immigration system.

The biometric systems are maintained by DHS's US-VISIT program and the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

"US-VISIT is proud to support ICE by providing comprehensive, reliable information to assist in the smart and effective enforcement of our immigration laws," said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. "By enhancing the interoperability of DHS's and the FBI's biometric systems, we are helping federal, state and local government better protect our communities and our nation."

"Under this federal information-sharing initiative, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens," said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services Division. "Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals."

For more information about Secure Communities, visit www.ice.gov/secure_communities .

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is the largest investigative arm of the Department of Homeland Security.

ICE is a 21st century law enforcement agency with broad responsibilities for a number of key homeland security priorities. For more information, visit www.ICE.gov . To report suspicious activity, call 1-866-347-2423.

U.S. Dept of Homeland Security

http://www.ice.gov/news/releases/1106/1 ... apolis.htm

Indiana now has 9 new Secure Communities for 52 of 92, 6/14/2011.

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1 new Secure Community for Indiana this week
for a total of 52 out of 92.

April 5, 2011 Cass Clark Fulton Jasper Miami Newton Pulaski Starke Wabash

April 26, 2011 Benton Boone Carroll Clinton Fountain Steuben Warren Warrick White

May 10, 2011 Elkhart Grant Howard Madison Marion Montgomery Noble Tippecanoe

May 31, 2011 Hendricks Henry Huntington Parke

June 1, 2011 Shelby Vermillion Wayne Wells

June 7, 2011 Bartholomew Brown Clay Crawford Daviess Delaware Gibson Greene Johnson

June 14, 2011 Knox Lawrence Morgan Orange Pike Posey Ripley Switzerland Union

July 26, 2011 Jackson

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1 New Secure Community for Indiana this week
for a total of 53 of 92

July 26, 2011 Jackson

Indiana is now 100% I.C.E. Secure Communities

Having added the following communities:

December 13, 2011

Adams
Allen
Blackford
De Kalb
Dearborn
Decatur
Dubois
Fayette
Floyd
Franklin
Hamilton
Hancock
Harrison
Jay
Jefferson
Jennings
Kosciusko
La Porte
Lagrange
Lake
Marshall
Martin
Monroe
Ohio
Owen Perry
Porter
Putnam
Randolph
Rush
Saint Joseph
Scott
Spencer
Sullivan
Tipton
Vanderburgh
Vigo
Washington
Whitley

(Now 92 of 92 activated.)

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