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Guidelines for Enforcement Actions in or Near Protected Areas

A comprehensive policy to guide enforcement actions and provide an expanded, non-exhaustive list of protected areas.

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Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Baker County Detention Center

CRCL received complaints alleging that ICE potentially violated the civil rights and civil liberties of detainees in ICE custody at the Baker County Detention Center in Macclenny, Florida.

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DHS Takes Victim-Centered Approach on First Anniversary of Center for Countering Human Trafficking  

Today marks the first anniversary of the creation of the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT). The CCHT, led by ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), is a DHS-wide effort dedicated to bringing human traffickers to justice, protecting victims of sex trafficking and forced labor, and preventing these terrible crimes from occurring.  

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Memorandum on Worksite Enforcement

Memorandum from Secretary Mayorkas titled, "Worksite Enforcement: The Strategy to Protect the American Labor Market, the Conditions of the American Worksite, and the Dignity of the Individual"

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The CIS Ombudsman's Listening Session: Get to Know OIDO

October 14, 2021, the Office of the CIS Ombudsman hosted a listening session about DHS’s new Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO).

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Follow Up Questions and Answers from the Services for Noncitizen Veterans Webinar

This site contains the presentation and follow up questions and answers from the CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Services for Noncitizen Veterans.

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Recommendations Memo Concerning Otay Mesa Detention Center

CRCL conducted an investigation into conditions of detention for ICE detainees at the Otay Mesa Detention Center. CRCL’s virtual investigation occurred from October 26-28, 2020 and was in response to complaints alleging civil rights and civil liberties violations at OMDC related to general medical and mental health care, conditions of detention, and environmental health and safety.

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Retention Memo to ICE Concerning Bluebonnet Detention Center

This memorandum notifies ICE of complaints and describes allegations, informing ICE that CRCL retained the complaints, and conducted an onsite investigation.

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The CIS Ombudsman's Webinar Series: Services for Noncitizen Veterans

August 2, 2021, CIS Ombudsman hosted a webinar to discuss Executive Branch work to remove barriers and support our Nation’s noncitizen service members, veterans, and immediate family members of service members. 

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ICYMI: ICE Discovers Sophisticated Subterranean Tunnel in California Near U.S.-Mexico Border

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working with Mexican authorities, discovered a 183-foot long subterranean tunnel in Mexicali, Baja California, near the international border.