Secure Communities What is Secure Communities The

Secure Communities

What is Secure Communities? The goal of Secure Communities is to make our communities safer by identifying and removing those criminal aliens who pose the greatest threat to local communities § Our initial focus will be on identifying and removing aliens who have been convicted of or currently charged with a Level 1 crime § Our long term goal focuses on identifying and removing all criminal aliens held in federal, state and local jails and prisons Level 1 Crimes Include: § § § § § National security Homicide Kidnapping Sexual assault Robbery Aggravated assault Sex offense Cruelty towards child or wife Weapons Drugs (sentence>I year) 1

How Will Secure Communities Benefit Law Enforcement? Secure Communities Features Benefits to LEAs Target criminal aliens who pose the greatest threat to local communities ü Makes your communities safer Enable near real-time sharing of federal law enforcement and immigration data Execution ü More accurate ICE response Leverages existing technology and processes Perform immigration status determination based on biometric data Leverages ICE’s existing Criminal Alien Program ü Minimal change to current procedures, local training, and cost ü Immigration status determination made by ICE ü ICE resources are at the ready ü Booking sites receive Ensures no profiling – all criminal submissions are reviewed additional subject-related information 2

How is a Subject’s Immigration Status Checked Now? The current process for checking a subject’s immigration status is manual and cumbersome DOJ CJIS IAFIS Detainer USVISIT IDENT NCIC CIS ICEPICS Local officers manually notify the LESC to begin the determination process of immigration status of subject based on name only CLAIMS Database NETLEADS Database LESC manually checks at least nine DHS and FBI databases to identify the subject and determine immigration status LESC sends immigration status determination to the local ICE office, who reviews the file and creates a detainer manually Manual Check Operational Response 3

What is the Process for Secure Communities? Secure Communities relies on the use of data sharing technology to identify and determine the status of criminal aliens and a rapid operational response to detain high priority criminal aliens New One-Step Process! DOJ CJIS IAFIS & USVISIT IDENT Interoperability Local officers electronically submit prints of all subjects booked to the FBI through their state’s identification bureau Detainer Prints will be checked automatically against FBI CJIS IAFIS and USVISIT IDENT for potential matches ICE will take enforcement action on removable aliens being charged with or who have been previously convicted of a level one offense Technical Capability Operational Response 4

What is the Technical Capability? Interoperability between FBI’s IAFIS and DHS’s IDENT system allows federal, state and local law enforcement access to biometric-based immigration information for the first time § Criminal history and immigration identity information will be accessible to and shared among other Federal, State, and Local law enforcement agencies, as well as authorized non-criminal justice agencies § Interoperability eliminates the need for data extracts § In addition to existing IAFIS processing, Interoperability enables: – Search of full IDENT repository (90 million individuals) – Biometric-based access to IDENT repository for the first time 5

US-VISIT: Categories of IDENT Data Entry IDENT Watch List Lookouts Asylum Aliens/Criminal History Refugee Known or Suspected Terrorists Select State/Local Criminals Immigration Benefits Do. D Military Operations Gangs Visa Applications Wanted Persons Expedited Removals Border Crossing Card Applications Deported Felons Visa Denials Registered Traveler International Criminals Sexual Registrants Recidivists/Alerts POE Adverse Actions Identity Information IDENT Database US-VISIT Watch List 6

IDENT Data Response (IDR) Provides basic immigration identity information but not immigration status • Name • DOB • POB • Gender • System Record Number • Photograph (if available) • Includes up to 5 instances • of each Response Times • IDR returned to IAFIS within 15 minutes • If positive IDR returned, IAFIS forwards an Immigration Alien Query to the ICE Law Enforcement Support • Combined IDR/Immigration Alien Response to end-user within 4 hours 7

What is the Secure Communities Operational Response? ICE LESC Response ICE Field Response ü Provide 24 x 7 Coverage ü Committed to taking ü Perform immigration status determination ü Provide IAR response to LEA via DOJ IAFIS and ICE Field Office within 4 hours enforcement action on all identified Level 1 criminal aliens booked into custody ü Coordinate adequate bed space ü Coordinate adequate transportation ü Commence removal proceedings while in criminal custody 8

What is the Initial Deployment Phase? MA PA VA CA NC AZ TX FL Key Pilot Site New Site Interoperability Phase One State 9

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Key Terms List of Key Secure Communities Terms § IAFIS – FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System. This is the FBI’s biometric data repository. § IAQ – Immigration Alien Query. The IAQ is an NLETS message requesting immigration information on a given subject from the law enforcement center. § IAR – Immigration Alien Response. The LESC send this message in response to the IAQ. § IDENT – USVISIT’s Automated biometric ID system. § IDR – IDENT Data Response. This captures the basic biographics for the five most recent encounters that the individual has had with DHS. § LEA - Law Enforcement Agent/Agency. § LESC – Law Enforcement Support Center. ICE’s designated location for providing support to law enforcement agencies. § ORI – Originating Agency Identifier. 11