ICE by the Numbers
Fewer migrants were apprehended and detained in the pandemic
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is responsible for protecting the homeland through the arrest, detention, and removal of aliens who undermine public safety or the integrity of United States immigration laws, and its main areas of focus are interior enforcement operations, management of the agency’s detained population nationwide, and repatriation of aliens who have received a final order of removal. …