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11/17/2009 Detroit, MI ICE initiative uses biometrics to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens in Southeastern Michigan
11/17/2009 Atlanta, GA New ICE initiative launched in 3 Georgia counties
11/17/2009 Tucson, AZ ICE initiative uses biometrics to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens in Pima, Cochise, Santa Cruz counties
11/12/2009 Washington, DC Secretary Napolitano and ICE Assistant Secretary Morton announce that the Secure Communities Initiative identified more than 110,000 criminal aliens in its first year
11/12/2009 Tampa, FL New ICE initiative launched at Pinellas County jails
9/30/2009 Manassas, VA New ICE initiative uses biometrics to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens from Prince William County
Phased Implementation
ICE’s Secure Communities initiative is designed to accurately and efficiently identify criminal aliens; to prioritize them based on the severity of their crimes; and to help transform the systems and processes necessary to remove them from the United States.
To accomplish this, ICE is using biometric identification technologies currently in use by the FBI and other parts of DHS, and combining them in a new, powerful way. ICE is currently deploying across the nation to all jurisdictions, beginning by focusing on sites that represent the highest concentrations of the most dangerous criminal aliens.
Current and Planned Deployment
Recent Secure Communities Statistics
As of August 30, 2009, biometric identification is now available in 81 jurisdictions in 9 states: Arizona, California, Florida, Massachusetts, North Carolina, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Virginia. Each month, ICE will deploy to more sites, eventually producing millions of annual fingerprint submissions.
As of August 31, 2009, 82,890 biometric identification submissions resulted in an IDENT match, around 12% of all arrests within Secure Communities sites. Of these, 7,702 were violent or narcotic offenders. As a result of the Secure Communities initiative, ICE issued 16,631 detainers after identifying criminal aliens who would have otherwise remained undetected.
Activated Counties
Arizona
Pinal
Yuma
Yavapai
Maricopa
California
San Diego
Ventura
Los Angeles
Imperial
Florida
Duval
Marion
Clay
St. Johns
Charlotte
St. Lucie
Collier
Hillsborough
Miami Dade
Broward
Massachusetts
Suffolk
North Carolina
Wake
Buncombe
Gaston
Henderson
Duplin
New Hanover
Orange
Harnett
Cabarrus
Catawba
Cumberland
Durham
New Mexico
Dona Ana
Grant
Hidalgo
Luna
Pennsylvania
Montgomery
Bucks
Philadelphia
Virginia
Fairfax
Texas
Harris
Dallas-Dallas County Jail
Maverick
Val Verde
Kinney
Real
Dallas & Kaufman-Mesquite PD
Uvalde
Collin
Dallas & Collin-Richardson PD
Zavala
Denton
Hunt
Grayson
Dallas/Collin/Denton-Carrollton PD
Johnson
Dallas-Farmers Branch PD
Dallas-Irving PD
Kaufman
TDCJ
Starr
Brooks
Jim Wells
Kleberg
Kenedy
Hidalgo
Willacy
Bexar
Dimmit
Travis
Webb
Zapata
El Paso
Presidio
Terrell
Nueces
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