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New OIG Report Shines Light on Continuing Flaws in 287(g) Program
November 05, 2010
This memo summarizes a Department of Homeland Security Office of Inspector General (OIG) report on the 287(g) program operated by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The 287(g) program provides authority for state and local law enforcement to enforce immigration laws. Six months after it released a report highly critical of the 287(g) program, the OIG found that ICE had still not implemented 28 of 33 recommendations made by the OIG in March 2010.
The ICE Priority Memos: What do They Mean?
September 02, 2010
This document gives a brief explanation of two recent memos drafted by Immigration and Customs Enforcement regarding priorities for immigration enforcement actions and prosecutorial discretion to be used in certain cases. The document also provides guidance for responding to media and community inquiries concerning the ICE memos.
The President’s FY2011 Department of Homeland Security Budget Immigration-Related Priorities
February 17, 2010
A summary of the immigration-related priorities in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the Department of Homeland Security.
The President’s FY2011 Budget for Department of Justice Immigration-Related Priorities
February 17, 2010
A summary of the immigration-related priorities in the Administration’s Fiscal Year 2011 budget request for the Department of Justice.
Immigration and American Values are Synonyms
January 26, 2010
Remarks delivered to the National War College by Ali Noorani, Executive Director of the National Immigration Forum. Immigration enforcement schemes carried out in the absence of immigration reform do not make our nation safer.
