This new directive stems from the ICE leadership memorandum issued July 30, 2021, to review agency, directorate, and program office policies, procedures, guidance and resource needs to ensure that our activities are carried out through a victim-centered approach.Īdditionally, ICE also recently launched the Victims Engagement and Services Line (VESL) expanding its services to better assist all victims.
“Through this approach, we minimize the fear of repercussions that enforcement decisions may have on the willingness and ability of noncitizen crime victims to contact law enforcement, participate in investigations and prosecutions, pursue justice, and seek benefits.” It is ICE’s commitment to assist victims of crime regardless of their immigration status,” said Acting Director Tae Johnson. On April 27, 2021, Acting Director of ICE Tae Johnson and Acting CBP Commissioner Troy Miller issued an interim memorandum to ICE and CBP personnel pertaining to the limited circumstances in which civil immigration enforcement actions may be carried out in or near a courthouse. AILA Executive Director Benjamin Johnson added: This memo is an important step in what will be a long journey to reforming an immigration enforcement system that was already in disrepair when Trump took office but has now reached a crisis point after four years of extreme and inhumane policies. The guidance also sets forth a pre-approval process for any civil. The policy memoranda do not create any substantive or procedural rights or benefits that are legally enforceable by any party against the United States, or its agencies or officers.
The guidance defines which cases are presumed to present such threats and do not require prior approval. These policy memoranda are to be followed by USCIS officers in the performance of their duties but do not remove their discretion in making adjudicatory decisions.
#ICE DRIVER NAFTA MEMORANDUM UPDATE#
“This policy update facilitates victim cooperation with law enforcement, enhances ICE’s criminal investigative efforts, and promotes trust in ICE agents and officers enforcing our laws. ICE’s interim guidance will focus the agency’s civil immigration enforcement and removal resources on threats to national security, border security and public safety.
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