- 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.
