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Office ofth Directoru.s. Department of Homeland Security500 12th Street, SWWashington, D.C. 20536u s Immigrationand ustomsEnforcement

MEMORANDUM FOR: All Field Office DirectorsAll Special Agents in ChargeAll Chief CounselFROM: ohnMoDirectorSUBJECT: Civillmmi ration Enforcement: Guidance on the Use ofDetainers

inthe Federal, State, Local, and Tribal Criminal Justice SystemsPurposeThis memorandum provides guidance on the use ofU.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement(ICE) detainers in the federal, state, local, and tribal criminal justice systems. This guidanceapplies to all uses of ICE detainers regardless ofwhether the contemplated use arises out of theCriminal Alien Program, Secure Communities, a 287(g) agreement, or any other ICEenforcement effort. This guidance does not govern the use of detainers by U.S. Customs andBorder Protection (CBP). This guidance replaces Sections 4.2 and 4.5 of the August 2010Interim Guidance on Detainers (Policy Number 10074.1) and otherwise supplements theremaining sections of that same guidance.Backgroundn the memorandum entitled Civil Immigration Enforcement: Priorities for the Apprehension

Detention nd Removal o fAliens issued in June 2010 1 ICE set forth clear priorities that guideits civil immigration enforcement. These priorities ensure that ICE's finite enforcementresources are dedicated, to the greatest extent possible, to individuals whose removal promotespublic safety, national security, border security, and the integrity of the immigration system.As ICE's implementation of these priorities continues, it is of critical importance that ICEremain focused on ensuring that the priorities are unifonnly, transparently, and effectivelypursued. To that end, ICE issues the following guidance governing the use of detainers in thenation's criminal justice system at the federal, state, local, and tribal levels. This guidance willensure that the agency's use of detainers in the criminal justice system unifonnly applies the

As amended and updated by the memorandum of the same title issued March 2, 2011.

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he Use ofDetainers in the Federal State Local nd Tribal Criminal Justice SystemsPageprinciplessetforthintheJune2010memorandumandisconsistentwiththeagency'senforcementpriorities.NationalDetainerGuidance

ConsistentwithICE's civilenforcementprioritiesandabsentextraordinarycircumstances,ICEagentsandofficersshouldissueadetainerinthefederal,state,local,or tribalcriminaljusticesystemsagainstanindividualonlywhere(1)theyhavereasonto believetheindividualisanaliensubjecttoremovalfromtheUnitedStatesand(2)oneor moreof thefollowingconditionsapply:

theindividualhasapriorfelonyconvictionorhasbeenchargedwithafelonyoffense; theindividualhasthreeor morepriormisdemeanorconvictions;2 theindividualhasapriormisdemeanorconvictionor hasbeenchargedwitha

misdemeanoroffenseif themisdemeanorconvictionorpendingcharge involves-o violence,threats,orassault;o sexualabuseor exploitation;o drivingundertheinfluenceof alcoholor acontrolledsubstance;o unlawfulflightfromthesceneof anaccident;o unlawfulpossessionor useof afirearmor otherdeadlyweapon;o thedistributionor traffickingof acontrolledsubstance;oro othersignificantthreatto publicsafety;3

theindividualhasbeenconvictedof illegalentrypursuantto8U.S.C.1325; theindividualhasillegallyre-enteredthecountryafterapreviousremovalor return; theindividualhasanoutstandingorderof removal; theindividualhasbeenfoundbyanimmigrationofficeror animmigrationjudge tohaveknowinglycommittedimmigrationfraud;or theindividualotherwiseposesasignificantrisktonationalsecurity,bordersecurity,orpublicsafety.4

2 Givenlimitedenforcementresources,threeormoreconvictionsforminortrafficmisdemeanorsor otherrelativelyminormisdemeanorsaloneshouldnottriggeradetainerunlesstheconvictionsreflectaclearandcontinuingdangertoothersordisregardforthelaw.3 Asignificantthreattopublicsafetys onewhichposesasignificantriskof harmorinjurytoapersonor property.4 Forexample,theindividual s asuspectedterrorist,aknowngangmember,orthesubjectof anoutstandingfelonyarrestwarrant;or thedetainers issuedinfurtheranceof anongoingfelonycriminalornationalsecurityinvestigation.

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guidance identifies those removable aliens in the federal, state, local, and tribal criminaljustice systems for whom a detainer may be considered. t does not in each

and all officers, agents, and attorneys should continue to of eachcase based on the June 2011 memorandum entitled Exercising ProsecutorialConsistent with the Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities ofthe Agency for theApprehension Detention nd Removal ofAliens and other applicable ~ ( J j ' n { v v'vu'"n",."Six-Month Review

Field Office Directors, ChiefCounsel, and Special Agents inthe implementation and effect of this guidance in their reSIDec:tlmClnttls from the date of this memorandum, Based on the results of thisconsider whether modifications, if any, are needed.

guidance does not create or confer any right or benefit on or public orprivate. Nothing in this guidance should be construed to limit power to apprehend, charge,

prosecute, or remove any unlawfully in the or to limitJn11aarlce.

au1holrity of ICE or its personnel to enforce ' '.......which may be modified,

not be relied upon to create anyenforceable at law by any party in any adrlrnnlstr:atnre

remove alien unlawfully in the United States.

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