ICE releases FY19 second quarter enforcement data

ICE Executive Associate Director),  Nathalie R. Asher, has released the enforcement statistics from January-March 2019 illustrate that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is committed to arresting and removing unlawfully present aliens, with criminal histories, who threaten public safety and endanger immigrant communities.

During this time period, more than 85 percent of aliens arrested by ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers, and more than 91 percent of aliens removed from the interior of the United States, had received criminal convictions or pending criminal charges.

The situation at the border continues to impact interior enforcement.  Because ERO personnel are being routinely detailed to support the processing and detention of arriving aliens, administrative arrests of criminal aliens over the first two quarters of FY19 are down 14 percent versus the same time period in FY18.

ICE removals stemming from U.S. Customs and Border Protection apprehensions have increased 10 percent in the first two quarters of FY19 over FY18.

“The agency is dedicated to using its authorities to enforce U.S. immigration laws, and ICE officers will continue to conduct enforcement humanely, respectfully and with professionalism,” said Asher in a statement.