CHRISTOPHER A.

COONS COLONEL
COUNTY EXECUTIVE CHIEF OF POLICE

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY

DIVISION OF POLICE
July 2,2008
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Julie Myers, Assistant Secretary
U.s. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
425 I Street, NW . Room 7100
Washington, DC 20536

Dear Ms. Myers:

I am writing to request participation in the Delegation of Authority Program pursuant to section

287(g) of the Immigration and Naturalization Act. Given our current strong working relationship
with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), this partnership will enable us to better protect
and meet the needs of those we serve in New Castle County, Delaware.

I have been in communication with your office in Wilmington, Delaware, wnere the
Resident Agent in Charge, has been extremely helpful in not only supporting the eff(Jrts
but who has also encouraged our participation in the 287(g) program.

Accordingly, our agency requests the training of one New Castle County police officer. This officer
can then have the ability to work as a force multiplier with the local ICE Office of Investigations to
identify and remove criminal aliens that pose a risk to the safety and the quality of life of our citizens.

The New Castle County Police remains committed to a continued collaborative effort with ICE. We
look forward to your endorsement and to working with your local ICE office in developing a
Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to the mutual benefit of all.

3601 N. DuPont Highway, New Castle, DE 19720 Phone: (302) 395-8010 FAX: (302) 395-8039
 Office ojState and Local Coordination

11.S. Department of Homeland Security

425 I Street, NW
Washington, DC 20536

u.s. Immigration
and Customs
Enforcement
(b )(6) (b )(7) C)
Chief of Police AUG - 5 2008
Department of Public Safety, Division of Police
New Castle County
3601 North DuPont Highway
New Castle, Delaware 19720

Dear (b)(6), (b)(7)(C)

Thank you for your July 2,2008, letter expressing mterest in the 287(g) Delegation of Authority
program offered by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

As the largest investigative agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE is
charged with protecting national security and ensurmg public safety through the aggressive
enforcement of federal immIgration and customs laws across the more than 3.5 million square
miles that make up our great nation. ICE recognizes, however, that we share the responsibility
of ensunng public safety with over 775,000 state and local law enforcement officers. One way
ICE addresses this joint goal is by building partnershIps with state and local law enforcement
agencies (LEAs). To facilitate these partnershIps and work more closely with our state and local
counterparts, ICE launched the comprehensive Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to
Enhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) program in 2007.

ICE ACCESS serves to provide state and local LEAs like yours an opportunity to partner with
ICE to specifically combat the immigration and customs enforcement challenges of theIr
communities. To accomplish this, ICE ACCESS offers an umbrella of services and programs to
aSSIst local LEAs with interior enforcement issues. The 287(g) program that your letter
referenced is only one such component. Other programs that fall within the purview of ICE
ACCESS include: the Customs Cross-DeSIgnation (Title 19), Document and Benefit Fraud Task
Forces, the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC), Operation Community Shield, the
Cnminal Alien Program (CAP), Fugitive Operations, and Rapid Repatriation. Please find
enclosed a copy ofthe ICE ACCESS Fact Sheet for more information.

It is through strategic discussions and efforts such as these that strong partnerships between state
and local law enforcement agencies and ICE can be developed. Combining Federal, state, and
local resources has proven successful in safeguarding the public. I have requested that the local
ICE ACCESS liaIsons work in coordination with you to determine which ICE ACCESS
programs will best meet our joint needs. The first step in identifying which programs best suit
your community'S needs will be to complete the "Needs Assessment Tool" that will be sent by
the ICE ACCESS liaison assigned to your request. The local points of contact for ICE ACCESS
are: in the Office of Investigations, Group Supervisor (b)(6), (b)(I )(C) at (215) 7 lb1ffl) , (b)( (m)ld in
the Office of Detention and Removal Operations, Field Office Director Thomas Decker at (215)
656· (b)(6). Thank you again for your interest in ICE.

Sincerely, \) /

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Executive Director
Office of State and Local Coordination
Enclosure
www.ice.goY