how does ice know who to arrest or detain?
ICE builds arrest and detention decisions from a mix of records, field investigations and legal authorities: fingerprint and database matches, administrative warrants and detainers, referrals from loc...
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The policies and procedures surrounding the use of detainers by ICE.
ICE builds arrest and detention decisions from a mix of records, field investigations and legal authorities: fingerprint and database matches, administrative warrants and detainers, referrals from loc...
detainers are administrative requests—commonly Form I‑247—that ask local jails to notify ICE of an inmate’s release and/or hold the person up to 48 extra hours so ICE can assume custody . Many localit...
U.S. citizens have constitutional and statutory protections if mistakenly detained by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE): they retain the right to remain silent, to an attorney, and to pre...
When Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) takes someone into custody, constitutional protections—like the right to remain silent and limited Fourth Amendment protections at the door—apply, but th...