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Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The mission of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is to protect America from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration that threaten national security and public safety.

  • The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar: Interagency International Student Issues

    Publication page for materials for Interagency Webinar on International Student Issues

  • OIDO Inspection Reports

    Pursuant to its statutory responsibilities, the Department of Homeland Security Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman conducts announced and unannounced inspections of detention facilities. 

  • Law Enforcement Resources

    DHS is fundamentally a department of partnerships. We are committed to ensuring you have the tools, resources, and support you need to continue doing so successfully. This guide highlights many of the resources available to law enforcement partners, including training and grant opportunities, to increase nationwide resilience to evolving threats.

  • DHS Volunteer Force Documentation

    The DHS Volunteer Force Authorization Statement is the supervisor authorization form for federal employees who want to register for the DHS Volunteer Force.  In addition, participation in the DHS Volunteer Force may require contact with CBP or ICE Detainees in the performance of your duties. As such, in accordance with 6 CFR Part 115.117 (a), you are required to answer the questions in the DHS Prison Rape Elimination Action (PREA) Form.

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-046 Laboratory Information Management System

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) owns and operates the Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS) as part of its Forensic Laboratory.

  • OIDO Annual Reports to Congress

    By statute, the Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman shall prepare a report to Congress each year to report on its activities, findings, and recommendations.

  • DHS/ICE/PIA-061 Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Surveillance Technologies

    The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), deploys surveillance technologies in furtherance of its criminal investigations and national security missions. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) to document Homeland Security Investigations’ privacy protections when using the following surveillance technologies: a) body wire; b) location tracking technology; c) cell-site simulators; d) small unmanned aircraft systems; e) license plate readers and commercial license plate reader data services; and f) video surveillance technology.

  • Entry/Exit Overstay Report

    DHS has generated this report to provide data on departures and overstays, by country, for foreign visitors to the United States who were expected to depart each Fiscal Year.

  • Appendices to the STFRC Environmental Assessment

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied noncitizen children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. DHS and its Component, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepared a supplemental Environmental Assessment (SEA) to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas to house family units that have crossed the border. The appendices to the SEA are available here.

  • Finding of No Significant Impact for the South Texas Family Residential Center

    In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), the DHS procedures for implementing NEPA (DHS Directive 023-01, Environmental Planning Program), and the Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) NEPA implementing regulations at 40 CFR Parts 1500-1508, DHS prepared a Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) to evaluate the potential impacts to the human environment resulting from increased Departmental activities necessary to process, detain, and transport unaccompanied noncitizen children and family units who have crossed the southwest border of the United States. DHS and its Component, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, prepared a supplemental Environmental Assessment to evaluate the potential environmental impacts of the proposed construction and operation of the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas to house family units that have crossed the border. The supplemental Environmental Assessment resulted in a Finding of No Significant Impact (FONSI).