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FEDERALhearing transcript

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House Judiciary Committee Hearing on ICE Oversight

Original title: U.S. IMMIGRATION AND CUSTOMS ENFORCEMENT

January 1, 2015

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The Frame

What this does

The hearing provides a formal record of congressional scrutiny regarding ICE's enforcement policies, detention capacity, and the agency's adherence to statutory mandates for detention bed space.

Who is mentioned in the record

Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

The agency is subject to congressional oversight regarding its enforcement policies and detention capacity.

House Judiciary Committee

The committee is responsible for reviewing the performance and policy implementation of the Department of Homeland Security and its sub-agencies.

What changed

Last recorded activity January 1, 2015.

What's next

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Summary

This document is a transcript of a 2015 House Judiciary Committee hearing focused on the oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The hearing examined trends in immigration enforcement, including declines in apprehensions, arrests, and detention facility populations.

Key Facts

ICE apprehensions decreased by 40 percent compared to the previous year as of April 2015.
Administrative arrests of criminal aliens by ICE declined by 32 percent compared to the previous year.
The average daily population of aliens in detention facilities was approximately 26,000.
Federal law mandates that ICE maintain an average daily population of 34,000 in detention facilities.
Interior removals of unlawful or criminal aliens have fallen by more than 50 percent since 2008.
ICE issued a new detainer policy on December 21, 2014, which limits the agency's ability to issue detainers.

Why It Matters

The hearing provides a formal record of congressional scrutiny regarding ICE's enforcement policies, detention capacity, and the agency's adherence to statutory mandates for detention bed space.

Frequently Asked Questions

What was the purpose of this hearing?

The hearing was held to conduct oversight of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations and enforcement trends.

How many people were in ICE detention at the time of the hearing?

The average daily population in detention facilities was approximately 26,000, which is below the 34,000-bed mandate.

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Discoveries

Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.

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Impact of 2014 Detainer Policy

The hearing explicitly links the decline in ICE enforcement metrics to the agency's December 2014 policy change regarding the issuance of detainers.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Connected Entities

organizationHouse Committee on the Judiciary“The congressional committee conducting the oversight hearing”Map →

personBob Goodlatte“Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee”Map →

organizationU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement“The federal agency under review”Map →

personSarah R. Saldana“Director of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)”Map →

Sources

Open source document

www.govinfo.gov

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