U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has adopted common sense policies that ensure our immigration laws are enforced in a way that best enhances public safety, border security and the integrity of the immigration system. As part of this approach, ICE has adopted clear priorities that call for the agency's enforcement resources to be focused on the identification and removal of those that have broken criminal laws, recently crossed our border, repeatedly violated immigration law or are fugitives from immigration court.
Over the past three years, this approach has resulted in unprecedented results as ICE has conducted record levels of enforcement. With more than 396,000 removals, this trend has continued in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Importantly, through the establishment of clear priorities, and the use of targeted enforcement tools like Secure Communities, the composition of ICE's FY 2011 removals has changed in line with ICE's enforcement priorities.
In FY 2011, ICE removed 396,906 individuals. Ninety percent of all these removals fell into one of ICE's enforcement priorities.
Immigration Enforcement
Over the past three years, this approach has resulted in unprecedented results as ICE has conducted record levels of enforcement. With more than 396,000 removals, this trend has continued in Fiscal Year (FY) 2011. Importantly, through the establishment of clear priorities, and the use of targeted enforcement tools like Secure Communities, the composition of ICE's FY 2011 removals has changed in line with ICE's enforcement priorities.
In FY 2011, ICE removed 396,906 individuals. Ninety percent of all these removals fell into one of ICE's enforcement priorities.
Immigration Enforcement
