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Leadership

Director of the Office of Investigations, James A. Dinkins

James A. Dinkins is the Director of the Office of Investigations for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Mr. Dinkins has direct oversight of ICE's investigative and enforcement initiatives and operations targeting cross-border criminal organizations who exploit America's legitimate travel, trade, financial and immigration systems for their illicit purposes. Mr. Dinkins administers a budget of more than $1.6 billion and is responsible for strategic planning, national policy implementation and the development and execution of all operational initiatives.

Mr. Dinkins began his law enforcement career as a co-op student with the U.S. Customs Service in 1986, and became a special agent with U.S. Customs in San Francisco in 1989. In 1996, Mr. Dinkins transferred to the Office of the Special Agent in Charge in Detroit, where he was promoted to Group Supervisor and then Assistant Special Agent in Charge.

In 2004, he was promoted to ICE Headquarters and served as the Chief of ICE's Cornerstone and Financial Investigation Programs where he was responsible for developing international and domestic initiatives designed to combat vulnerabilities in America's financial and trade sectors that could be exploited by terrorist or other criminal organizations.

His other key leadership positions have included service as the Special Agent in Charge for Washington, D.C.; Acting Director of the Office of Professional Responsibility; Special Agent in Charge for Baltimore, Maryland; and Acting Attaché for ICE in Frankfurt, Germany.

Mr. Dinkins holds a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from the University of Detroit.