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Secure Communities
Headline News
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
Mission
The Secure Communities strategy seeks to improve public safety by implementing a comprehensive, integrated approach to identify and remove criminal aliens from the United States. We coordinate all ICE planning, operational, technical, and fiscal activities devoted to transforming, modernizing, and optimizing the criminal alien enforcement process.
Background & Timeline
Congress provided the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) with funding in FY 2008 to “improve and modernize efforts to identify aliens convicted of a crime, sentenced to imprisonment, and who may be deportable, and remove them from the United States once they are judged deportable.”
