ICE Arrested 80,730 “Undocumented” Individual For DUIs And Many More For Serious Offences

This report summarizes U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) activities in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. ERO identifies, arrests, and removes aliens who present a danger to national security or a threat to public safety, or who otherwise undermine border control and the integrity of the U.S. immigration system.

ICE shares responsibility for administering and enforcing the nation’s immigration laws with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

During FY2018, ICE ERO continued its focus on priorities laid out by two primary directives issued in 2017. On January 25, 2017, President Donald J. Trump issued Executive Order 13768, Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States (EO), which set forth the Administration’s immigration enforcement and removal priorities.

Subsequently, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) February 20, 2017 implementation memorandum, Enforcement of the Immigration Laws to Serve the National Interest provided further direction for the implementation of the policies set forth in the EO.

Together, the EO and implementation memorandum expanded ICE’s enforcement focus to include removable aliens who

(1) have been convicted of any criminal offense;

(2) have been charged with any
criminal offense that has not been resolved;

(3) have committed acts which constitute a chargeable
criminal offense;

(4) have engaged in fraud or willful misrepresentation in connection with any official
matter before a governmental agency; (5) have abused any program related to receipt of public benefits;

(6) are subject to a final order of removal but have not complied with their legal obligation to depart the
United States; or

(7) in the judgment of an immigration officer, otherwise pose a risk to public safety or
national security.

The Department continued to operate under the directive that classes or categories of
removable aliens are not exempt from potential enforcement.

Source: Fiscal Year 2018 ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations Report