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QUESTIONS FOR MIKE GARCIA
March 2, 2004
ICE Assistant Secretary, DHS
Stats requested.
• Updated info on personnel and organization, including numbers detailed to JTTFs, TTIC, TSC,
IAIP, NTC, CIA etc.
• FTTTF TIPOFF entries. How many found? How adjudicated? Stats please.
• Numbers of agents detailed to JTTFs.
• NSEERS compliance. Numbers of persons estimated out of compliance and numbers ICE have
investigated, and the results of the investigations.
• Absconder compliance
• SEVIS compliance.
• Stats on enforcement boost provided by trained state/locals on immigration law.
• MOUS on information sharing with any other entity, and with CIS on fraud investigations, CBP,
BTS on Office of Visa Enforcement; FBI immigration authority.
• A-files we requested in document requests last October.
Mission of ICE.
• Please provide your mission statement, and changes it has undergone, since DHS inception.
• Do you feel the immigration folks are being treated as an equal partner in the war on terror?
• How are you working with the FBI, who now has the authority to pick up immigration violators
during the course of an antiterrorism investigation under an AG directive of last February? Is
there an MOU on this?
ICE role in threat assessments, such as the cancellation of flights over Xmas.
We understand that ultimately, the decisions on incoming threats are made at the cabinet level. However,
we understand also that ICE plays a role in these threat assessments, especially when it comes to the name-
checking. Please explain ICE's role relative to NTC, TSC, IAIP, BTS, and TTIC.
DHS organization.
• Please tell us what work you are doing with CIS.
• Please tell us what work you are doing with CBP.
• Please tell us how the chain of command works for ICE on pursuing issues of interest, with the
layers of BTS, the Secretary, the Homeland Security Council, Domestic Policy Council and OMB
all having oversight over ICE issues?
• Who else does ICE work with on a regular basis?
• Can you shed any light on how was the determination made to break INS enforcement in two, into
CBP and ICE, as that split was not required by the Homeland Security Act?
• Do you think that was the correct organizational structure to pursue?
• What are your biggest challenges with the current structure of DHS?
Technology Support.
• Do you support 287(g) delegation of immigration to state and local authorities when under the
auspices of anMOU?
• The AG wanted to enter all absconders into NCIC, but there was concern about entering non-
criminal charges into NCIC. What absconders have been entered? Has the LESC been able to
handle the increased workload from the increased work derived from state/locals needing alienage
and deportability information from the LESC?
• What are your technology priorities?
• Where are there issues that remain in interoperability with immigration related information?
International cooperation.
• Describe your relationship with the Canadians.
• Describe your relationship with the Mexicans.
• What other countries provide good models for screening we should be looking at.
Recommendations.
• If you were on the 9-11 Commissions, what would be the top three or so recommendations you
would want to see made for greater assurance of border security?
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November 10,2003
PHOENIX, AZ -Top law enforcement and government officials have joined with the
Department of Homeland Security to announce Operation ICE Storm, an unprecedented
multi-agency initiative led by the Department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
to combat human smuggling and the violence it has generated in Arizona and nationwide.
At a news conference in Phoenix this morning, ICE Acting Assistant Secretary Michael J.
Garcia laid out details of the effort, which includes the formation of a task force made up of
federal, state, and local agencies. Garcia pledged that the task force will use its broad range
of authorities and resources to dismantle organized crime outfits that have turned human
smuggling into a bloody but profitable venture.
"We're dealing with ruthless individuals who view human life as nothing more than cargo for
profit. And as last week's deadly shoot-out in Arizona showed, the value of a dollar is much
more important to them than the value of human life," Acting Assistant Secretary Garcia said.
"We're making a commitment to put an end to this violence. Never have agencies on so many
levels come together and pooled their expertise to deal with this problem."
ICE, as the largest investigative arm of Homeland Security, brings to bear a broad array of
authorities and resources that make it uniquely qualified to lead the fight against human
smuggling. ICE agents will combine immigration, smuggling, and financial investigative
powers to attack the criminal rings from a variety of levels. ICE's financial investigations
expertise, for example, will allow the task force to follow the money trial in ways not previously
possible
Garcia also noted that members of the community will play an important role in providing
information about human smuggling suspects featured on a newly established ICE Storm
"Most Wanted" list using a toll-free public tip line.
Court statistics show that, from January through October, Phoenix experienced 216
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsrel/articles/icestormlll003.htm 12/5/2003
9/11'Personal Privacy Page 1 of2
Janice Kephart-Roberts
From: j
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 12:24 PM
To: jkephart-roberts@9-11commission.gov
Subject: Re: Agents at ICE center charge misconduct - The Washington Times Nation-Pol...
Hi Janice:
As you requested...
By the way, I will be in Washington to attend a dinner at the Center for Immigration Studies on the evening of
Friday, September 26. If your schedule permits, I thought it might be a good idea if I could stop by and say
"Hello" while I am in town.
-Mike-
9/15/2003
Janice Kephart-Roberts
From: Cadman, Dan [Dan.Cadman@dhs.gov]
Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 12:38 PM
To: Janice Kephart-Roberts; Susan Ginsburg; Walter Hempel
Subject: Homeland Security bureau studies lessons of Spain
I found this article interesting. Although of my own volition I've been sending daily
updates to ICE HQ through RIT (Rome), they have yet to ask a single question of me. Who
are they "waiting to receive initial results" from?
Daily Briefing
March 17, 2004
In the wake of deadly bombings in Spain last week, the Immigration and
Customs Enforcement bureau is examining ways to beef up security, such
as combing through databases for suspicious immigration patterns,
protecting federal infrastructure or mobilizing explosives detection units,
the agency's director said Wednesday.
Assistant Secretary Michael Garcia said ICE is waiting to receive initial
results of the investigation into train bombs that killed 201 people last
week in Madrid to determine how the bureau can help increase U.S.
security efforts.
Garcia noted that ICE includes the Federal Protective Service, which
guards about 8,800 federal facilities and uses canine explosives detection
teams.
Before the
House Appropriations Committee
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
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U.S. Immigration
and Customs
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STATEMENT
OF
MICHAEL DOUGHERTY
DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
BEFORE THE
Good morning, Mr. Chairman, Congresswoman Jackson Lee, and distinguished Members
of the Subcommittee. It is a privilege to appear before your committee today to discuss the
President's Budget Request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 for US Immigration and Customs
Enforcement.
In March of 2003, when the Department was created, a new federal investigative agency
was also formed: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement - or ICE, as it is better known.
As the largest investigative arm of Homeland Security, ICE' s primary mission is to detect
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
OFFICE OF DETENTION AND REMOVAL
MOST WANTED
Fugitive Criminal Aliens
THESE INDIVIDUALS ARE WANTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS OF REMOVAL FROM THE UNITED STATES
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Last Name:
First Name:
DOB:/POB:
SEVILLA
Ignacio Botello
08/29/1969, Mexico
CHEN
Hong
08/01/1957, China
SINGH
Rajbir
03/15/1968, India
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Recep
07/04/1955, Bulgaria
INSWOOD
Calvin Anthony
04/02/1962, Jamaica
A70 963 848
Alien #: A91 462 163 A70 423 017 A20 395 432 A35 780 227
Lewd Acts upon a Child Sexual Contact with a Child
Prior Convictions: Criminal Sexual Assault Manslaughter, Criminal Assault; Weapon Offenses,
Under 18 Trespassing & Disorderly Conduct
(On a Child) Possession of a Weapon
CAMACHO-Perez
Last Name: AMOS-Nwankwo VEGA-Rodriguez OSUNA-FLORES CORREIA DA ROSA Zacarias
First Name: Amamchi Jose Antonio German Pedro Leonel 07/31/1946, Mexico
DOB:/POB: 09/28/1978, Nigeria 03/06/1971, Mexico 08/09/1964, Mexico 06/29/1960, Portugal A36419886
Alien #: A46119319 A90 949 079 A92175821 A36 368 849 Lewd Acts Upon a Child, Perjury,
Prior Convictions: Sexual assault on a Child Indeceny with a Child Annoy/Molest Children, 3 Rape; Indecent Assault & Failure to Register as a Sex
Convictions - Vandalism Battery on a Child under 14 Offender
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE ABOVE FUGITIVE CRIMINAL ALIENS, PLEASE CONTACT THE BUREAU OF IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOM ENFORCEMENT AT
(800) BE ALERT (800) 232-5378 For more information on each case click on the fugitive's Alien #
Updated: 12/17/2003
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
HUMAN SMUGGLING
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A V I L A - V A I l)i:/ CERCAS-MANILLA
Javier MANILLA-CABRERA MONTIEL-CERCAS FUENTES-VILLAREAL
Daniel
09/27/1979, Mexico Evodio Luis Cristobal
01/06/1973, Honey,Puebla,Mexico
A78 262 060 04/25/1972, Honey, Puebla, Mexico 01/20/1978, Honey,Puebla,Mexico 03/05/1970, Mexico
A76 744 037
A75 204 521 A76 880 799 N/A
In August 1999 in Phoenix, a shoot out Daniel CERCAS-Manilla is wanted for
between kidnappers and smugglers left Evodio MANILLA-Cabrera is wanted Luis MONTIEL-Cercas is wanted for Cristobal FUENTES-Villareal is
questioning by U.S. Immigration and
three persons dead, including a 15-year by U.S. Immigration and Customs questioning by U.S. Immigration and warranted by U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) in
old boy. AVILA is the last kidnapper Enforcement (ICE) for the May 2001 Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Customs Enforcement (ICE) in
connection with the May 2001
sought in conncection with the case. smuggling attempt that resulted in the connection with the May 2001 connection with an alien smuggling
smuggling attempt that resulted in the
Following a trial that consumed almost death of 14 illegal aliens south of smuggling attempt that resulted in the organization that in 2000 and 2001
death of 14 illegal aliens south of
three months, AVILA's five co- Welton, Arizona. MANILLA was death of 14 illegal aliens south of utilized semi-tractor trailers to smuggle
Welton, Arizona.
defendants were convicted in March indicted by a Federal Grand Jury and is Welton, Arizona. illegal aliens from the southwest border
2001. Each defendant was sentenced to believed to be in Ciudad Acuna, to Phoenix, Arizona.
CERCAS is believed to be currently in
16 life terms plus 235 years. Mexico. Ciudad Acuna, Mexico.
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE ABOVE FUGITIVE CRIMINAL ALIENS, PLEASE CONTACT THE U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT
(ICE) AT 1-866-DHS2ICE. For more information on each case click on the fugitive's name.