According to ICE, the agency set a record for overall removals of illegal aliens with more than 392,000 removals nationwide. More than 195,000 of those were convicted criminals, ICE said.
In ICE's Denver area of responsibility, the agency removed 6,617 people, 4,447 of which were convicted criminals, ICE said.
Click below for ICE's release an a chart detailing the removals.
Here is the relase:
Press Release
Oct. 6, 2010
Contact: DHS Press Office, (202) 282-8010
SECRETARY NAPOLITANO ANNOUNCES RECORD-BREAKING IMMIGRATION
ENFORCEMENT STATISTICS ACHIEVED UNDER THE OBAMA
ADMININSTRATION
WASHINGTON—Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton today announced
record-breaking immigration enforcement statistics achieved under the Obama administration— including unprecedented numbers of convicted criminal alien removals and overall alien removals in fiscal year 2010.
Secretary Napolitano’s announcements reflect this administration’s continued focus on smart and effective immigration enforcement over the past 20 months—prioritizing the identification and removal of criminal aliens who pose a threat to public safety.
“This administration has focused on enforcing our immigration laws in a smart, effective manner that prioritizes public safety and national security and holds employers accountable who knowingly and repeatedly break the law,” said Secretary Napolitano. “Our approach has yielded historic results, removing more convicted criminal aliens than ever before and issuing more financial sanctions on employers who knowingly and repeatedly violate immigration law than during the entire previous administration.”
“ICE is committed to tough law enforcement that protects the safety and security of the
American people,” said ICE Director John Morton. “These record-setting numbers are the result of strong, sensible enforcement programs and priorities, and the dedication of thousands of ICE agents and officers who work tirelessly every day to keep our communities safe.”
Secretary Napolitano and Director Morton were joined by Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca, Harris County, Texas, Sheriff Adrian Garcia, and Fairfax County, Va., Sheriff Stan Barry at today’s announcement.
In fiscal year 2010, ICE set a record for overall removals of illegal aliens, with more than
392,000 removals nationwide. Half of those removed—more than 195,000—were convicted criminals. The fiscal year 2010 statistics represent increases of more than 23,000 removals overall and 81,000 criminal removals compared to fiscal year 2008—a more than 70 percent increase in removal of criminal aliens from the previous administration.
DHS has also expanded the Secure Communities initiative—which uses biometric information and services to identify and remove criminal aliens in state prisons and local jails—from 14 jurisdictions in 2008 to more than 660 today, including all jurisdictions along the Southwest border. DHS is on track to expand this program to all law enforcement jurisdictions nationwide by 2013. This year alone, Secure Communities has resulted in the arrest of more than 59,000 convicted criminal aliens, including more than 21,000 convicted of major violent offenses like murder, rape, and the sexual abuse of children.
Since January 2009, ICE has audited more than 3,200 employers suspected of hiring illegal
labor, debarred 225 companies and individuals, and imposed approximately $50 million in
financial sanctions—more than the total amount of audits and debarments than during the entire previous administration.
For more information, visit www.dhs.gov.
And here is a chart detailing the arrests, followed by a fact sheet (click the image to enlarge).
Contact: Gillian Brigham
202-732-4242
FACT SHEET
Top ICE enforcement priorities yield record results in FY 2010
More criminal aliens removed, more employers charged in worksite enforcement investigations
Today, ICE announced record-breaking enforcement results in fiscal year 2010, including the
removal of more criminal aliens and the arrest of more employers of undocumented aliens than in
any previous year in the agency’s history. Below is a look at how the numbers break down.
Criminal Alien Enforcement
ICE attributes its increase in the removal of criminal aliens to the success of targeted enforcement
programs such as Secure Communities and the Criminal Alien Program which focus on removing
aliens who have been arrested or convicted of a crime, rather than releasing them back into the
community. In particular, expansion of the Secure Communities program – which shares fingerprint
information of individuals arrested in local custody with ICE – has contributed to ICE’s enforcement
record. In fact, 666 jurisdictions in 33 states now have this beneficial law enforcement information
sharing capability.
In FY 2010:
ICE removed more than 392,000 individuals
ICE removed more than 195,000 convicted criminal aliens
50 percent of the aliens ICE removed are convicted criminal aliens. Non-criminal aliens
removed include recent border entrants and immigration fugitives.
o 33 percent of the criminal aliens removed are considered the most serious offenders
(Level 1) with rap sheets including murder, rape and major drug crimes.
o Aliens with other serious offenses like robbery or drug crimes (Level 2) accounted for
44 percent of convicted criminal alien removals.
Convicted criminal removals include:
o More than 1,000 aliens convicted of homicide
o Nearly 6,000 aliens convicted of sex offenses
o Nearly than 45,000 aliens convicted for drugs offenses
o Nearly 28,000 aliens convicted for driving under the influence
Worksite Enforcement
In April 2009, Secretary Napolitano announced changes to ICE’s worksite enforcement strategy –
which reduced the need for large-scale immigration enforcement actions where employees were
arrested and instead focused on finding evidence to criminally charge employers and to increase the
use of tools like I-9 audits, fines and debarment.
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