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Headline News
6/19/2009 Miami, FL New program enhances identifying and deporting criminal aliens in 9 Florida counties
6/16/2009 Laredo, TX 5 additional Texas counties become part of new program to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens
6/10/2009 Edinburg, TX New program launched to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens in six South Texas counties
5/26/2009 San Diego, CA New program launched to enhance identification and removal of criminal aliens in San Diego County
5/19/2009 Huntsville, TX Texas' prison system is the first to partner with ICE to automatically identify and remove criminal aliens
3/9/2009 Fairfax, VA New ICE program enhances identifying and removing criminal aliens in Fairfax 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.”