Contempt & Incarceration

Process

  • 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.