Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is the Department of Homeland Security agency that enforces federal immigration law inside the United States and investigates certain cross-border crimes. It carries out arrests, detention, and removals, and its investigators look into trafficking, smuggling, and similar offenses. Border inspection and immigration benefits belong to other agencies.
People usually bring questions about what agents can and cannot do and how enforcement operations and detention work. Others ask how the agency differs from Customs and Border Protection and Citizenship and Immigration Services, and how it shares data with other agencies.
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