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Welcome
Overview
ICE Servicing EEO Offices
Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No FEAR Act
The Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act) Public Law 107-174
Affirmative Employment (Program for Women, Minorities, and Individuals with Disabilities)
EEO Complaint Processing
Special Emphasis Programs
Special Ethnic Observations
EEO Committees
Removal of Architectural Barriers from Facilities
Sexual Harassment
Applicability of EEO Policies to Employees in Foreign Countries
Welcome
Welcome to the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) website. Included here is information about EEO policies, contacts, programs, activities and efforts. The Office of EEO is responsible for directing and integrating the application of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, as well as other applicable non-discrimination complaint systems and affirmative employment programs. The mission of the Office of EEO is to ensure that the rights of employees and applicants are protected and that the agency promotes a proactive equal employment opportunity program, to ensure that the goal of an ethnically diverse workplace is achieved.
Overview of Equal Employment Opportunity Program
It is the agency’s policy to ensure that applicants and employees are treated in a non-discriminatory manner in compliance with established laws, regulations and executive orders. The agency must promote a culturally diverse workforce, a work environment which allows all employees equal opportunity to achieve their full potential, and to incorporate Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) principles into the mission and value systems.
It is also agency policy that all entities work together to attain, for all employees, a viable and diverse work environment free from discrimination. To ensure compliance, the agency collects, prepares, and safeguards statistics concerning race, national origin, sex and data on individuals with disabilities. In addition, the agency periodically evaluates its EEO Program activities.
ICE Servicing EEO Offices
For information and assistance, please contact your servicing Equal Employment Opportunity Office shown below:
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Washington Field Office
800 K Street, Suite 200
Washington, DC 20536
Phone: (202) 514-2732
Geographic Jurisdiction: All ICE Headquarters components in the metropolitan Washington, DC area, National Firearms Units located in Altoona, PA and Ft. Benning, GA; Training Academies located in Artesia, NM and Glynco, GA; and overseas offices
Office of Equal Employment Opportunity
Laguna Field Office
24000 Avila Road, 5th Floor
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Phone: (949) 360-3192
Geographic Jurisdiction: Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Territory of Guam, Utah, Vermont, U.S. Virgin Islands, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming
If you wish to file a complaint, you must initiate contact with the servicing EEO office within 45 days of the date of the matter alleged to be discriminatory or the date you first became aware of the matter.
Equal Employment Opportunity Data Posted Pursuant to the No FEAR Act
Pursuant to the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act), each Federal agency is required to post on its public website summary statistical data relating to: equal employment opportunity complaints filed with the agency by employees or former employees of, or applicants for employment with the agency. This website contains the required summary statistical data for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). See "How Do I File an EEO Complaint?" for more information.
The Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act (No FEAR Act) Public Law 107-174
On May 15, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Notification and Federal Employee Anti-discrimination and Retaliation Act or No FEAR Act. The Act increased accountability of Federal Departments and Agencies for acts of discrimination or reprisal against employees resulting from whistleblower complaints, and complaints before the Merit Systems Protection Board and Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Under Title III of the Act, departments and agencies are required to post on their public web sites, summary statistical data relating to equal employment opportunity complaints filed against the department or agency.
Both the Department of Homeland Security and ICE will post to the respective public web sites statistical information in accordance with the No FEAR Act. This data will be updated on a quarterly basis for the current fiscal year.
For further information, please contact the Office of Equal Employment Opportunity at 202.732.7700
Affirmative Employment
Program for Women, Minorities and Individuals with Disabilities
It is the Bureau's policy to take affirmative action to overcome the effects of past and present discriminatory practices or other barriers to equal employment opportunity for women, minorities, and individuals with disabilities.
EEO Complaint Processing
It is the agency’s policy to resolve all EEO complaints, both formal and informal, in a timely and just manner. See "How Do I File an EEO Complaint?" for more information.
Special Emphasis Programs
It is the policy of the agency to provide reasonable accommodation and ensure equal employment opportunity in the hiring, advancement, training, and treatment of all protected groups, and to strive to achieve a work force in which all minority groups, women and individuals with disabilities are represented in every major organizational element, occupational category, and grade level commensurate with their representation in the relevant civilian work force.
Special Ethnic Observations
It is the policy of the agency to hold special ethnic observances designed to enhance cross-cultural awareness, and promote harmony among all employees.
EEO Committees
It is the policy of the agency to ensure that EEO Committees are established and maintained to assist managers and supervisors in the development and implementation of an effective EEO program.
Removal of Architectural Barriers from Facilities
It is the policy of the agency to ensure that facilities, programs and activities are accessible to all applicants and employees in compliance with established laws, regulations, and executive orders. It is also agency policy to promote a work environment that allows all employees equal opportunity to achieve their full potential by promoting reasonable accommodations and barrier-free design.
Sexual Harassment
Sexual harassment, is the deliberate, unsolicited and unwelcome verbal comment, gesture, or physical contact of a sexual nature. An employee who deliberately uses sexually coercive behavior to control, influence or interfere with the career, pay or job of another person in exchange for sexual favors is engaging in sexual harassment. This also includes deliberate, repeated offensive comments, gestures or physical contact of a sexual nature in the workplace or work-related environment. Any employee who engages in such conduct will be subject to appropriate disciplinary action. Supervisors who either condone, or fail to act to correct such inappropriate conduct brought to their attention, also will be subject to disciplinary action. The agency has no room for this unprofessional type of behavior.
Applicability of EEO Policies to Employees in Foreign Countries
It is the agency’s policy that the statutes prohibiting discrimination in Federal employment, insofar as they are unaffected by treaty obligations, apply to all employees working in overseas locations. The agency also ensures that there is no possibility of conflict with foreign laws.