Thread: New ICE ACCESS program

New ICE ACCESS program highlights various law enforcement partnerships
ICE and locals working together in different ways, for maximum effectiveness

http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases ... 0821dc.htm
WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announces the new ICE ACCESS (Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security) program. ICE ACCESS will provide local law enforcement agencies an opportunity to team with ICE to combat specific challenges in their communities.
"Local law enforcement agencies have shown tremendous interest in working with ICE," said Department of Homeland Security Assistant Secretary, Julie L. Myers, who oversees ICE. "Combining federal, state and local resources has proven successful in safeguarding the public. Now, we want to build on that success by using ICE's unique authorities to further aid communities who seek our assistance."
ICE developed the ACCESS program in response to the widespread interest from local law enforcement agencies that have requested ICE partnerships through the 287(g) program, which cross-designates local officers to enforce immigration law as authorized through section 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act. In the past two years, the 287(g) program has identified more than 22,000 illegal aliens for possible deportation. More than 60 municipal, county, and state agencies nationwide have requested 287(g) MOAs with ICE and more than 400 local and state officers have been trained under the program.
The 287g program is only one component under the ICE ACCESS umbrella of services and programs offered for assistance to local law enforcement officers. Other ICE ACCESS enforcement options include the creation of local task forces targeting specific challenges like gangs or document fraud, the presence of a Criminal Alien Program (CAP) team in local detention facilities to identify criminal aliens, or training to utilize the ICE Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC) which provides officers the ability to inquire about a person's immigration and criminal history. One especially successful joint initiative is Operation Community Shield, a national program aimed at dismantling violent transnational gangs that threaten the public.
"Operation Community Shield is an excellent example of the outstanding relationship the Miami-Dade Police Department has fostered with local, state and federal law enforcement agencies," said Miami-Dade Police Department Assistant Director James Loftus. "Law enforcement working together with each other, as well as with the community, can and will continue to make a difference."
ICE agents and officers will meet with agencies requesting ICE ACCESS assistance to assess local needs. Based upon these assessments, ICE and local agencies will determine which type of partnership is most beneficial and sustainable before entering into an official agreement.
Law enforcement agencies interested in reviewing the myriad of enforcement programs under the ICE ACCESS program are encouraged to call their local ICE office or visit www.ice.gov for more information.

I find it very interesting when they mention the Miami Dade Police Department and the gang related operation. It is almost departmental policy now not to ask about immigration status. In the past they have done raids with ICE and got rid of some of the MS-13 members who were living in trailer parks. There are still lots more gang people out there. The Haitian ones which consist of both legal and illegal members are still out there shooting at people in the City of Miami and in my district. There are also many Latino gangs out there as well which also have both legal and illegal members.
While on the topic of gangs I was reading an article on MS-13 and how they were rounded up in California in 1996 due to the public outcry regarding illegal immigrants. Is this becoming a 10 year cycle?

I heard a while back about a plan of the Department of Homeland Security to link all of the different agencies up to share information.

The Department of Homeland Security was to be the main hub.

I also heard everyone was linked up except the Department of Homeland Security was baulking.

I suppose they could have been worried about their preferred residence.



I really don't understand this 287(g) program. At first I was excited about it. Now it just seems like another plan to protect the governments Revolution and their illegal invaders from any real law enforcement.

The law already requires police to make arrest if they care about their oaths of office and fellow man.


TITLE 8 > CHAPTER 12 > SUBCHAPTER II > Part VIII > § 1324

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(c) Authority to arrest
No officer or person shall have authority to make any arrests for a violation of any provision of this section except officers and employees of the Service designated by the Attorney General, either individually or as a member of a class, and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.

and all other officers whose duty it is to enforce criminal laws.


One of the problems was that when law enforcement along the borders tried to round them up, it became to expensive. They were trying to defend a nation under the control of Federal Government Revolutionaries that refused to abide by the law. They would reimburse us for maybe 10 or 20% of the cost but how could we stem the flow without any enforcement against the criminals in business that were allowed to hire them openly.

287(g) now just seems to be another scam to pretend to control the lawlessness. It ties law enforcements hands behind their back. In reality it will just facilitate its expansion of the illegal invasion.



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