- Once ICE decides to target a person for deportation, ICE will try to apprehend that person with the help of the local jail.
- ICE asks local jails to notify them when a person will be released.
- This enables ICE agents to immediately apprehend a person when they are released from jail.
- If a local jail will not assist ICE, agents will still pursue the individual in the courts, at home, or in the community.
- Some localities, like NYC, have passed laws preventing their jails from assisting ICE.
- Regardless of local policy, ICE will use information associated with the fingerprints to track down the person in the courts, at home, or in the community.
Immigrants and State Courts
The New York Family Court Act & Federal Immigration Law, Policy & Enforcement