ORGANIZATION

Office of Intelligence

The mission of the Office of Intelligence is to collect, analyze and share information on critical homeland security vulnerabilities that could be exploited by terrorist and criminal organizations.

The Office of Intelligence focuses data and information related to the movement of people, money and materials into, within and out of the United States to provide accurate and timely reporting to ICE leadership and field agents in support of enforcement operations.

ICE’s intelligence functions are managed by a highly trained team of professionals with expertise in data and threat analysis, languages, financial investigations, counterterrorism and a number of other areas.

ICE intelligence professionals process information from a variety of sources to provide assessments of patterns, trends and new developments in a wide range of law enforcement areas. These include the following areas:

• Human Smuggling and Trafficking
  
• Money Laundering and Financial Crime
  
• Drug Smuggling
  
• Terrorism
  
• Criminal Aliens
  
• Air and Marine Smuggling
  
• Cyber Crimes
  
• Identity Fraud and Document Fraud
  
• Arms Trafficking and Technology Transfers
  
• Commercial Fraud
  
• Mass Migration and Conditions Affecting Immigration
  
• Security at Federal Facilities and Other Critical Infrastructure Sites
  
• Airspace Security

There are four divisions within the Office of Intelligence:

Intelligence Operations Division: Oversees the analysis of intelligence and law enforcement reporting to produce and disseminate operational and tactical intelligence products for headquarters and the field.

Field Intelligence Division: Oversees ICE’s Field Intelligence Units (FIUs), which are the agency’s primary vehicle for intelligence analysis in support of field operations and enforcement. FIUs serve as the link between headquarters and other field components for intelligence collection, integration, analysis and dissemination. The FIUs also provide support for ICE’s partners at U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).

Intelligence Support Division: Provides senior ICE management with daily reports on all significant activities related to the agency’s mission. This division is also responsible for staffing the 24-hour ICE Operations Center (IOC) to handle significant incoming incident reports and facilitate the ongoing exchange of intelligence between ICE and other agencies.

Mission Support Division: Provides administrative support for all budget, facilities, equipment, personnel and planning activities related to the Office of Intelligence. This division also ensures that all ICE intelligence offices are in compliance with all administrative policies, conducting field administrative reviews as appropriate.