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ICE Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security
ICE
 
ACCESS
 
Fact Sheet
ICE Agreements of Cooperation in Communities toEnhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) provides locallaw enforcement agencies an opportunity to team withICE to combat specific challenges in their communi-ties. ICE developed the ACCESS program based onexperience gained in responding to widespread inter-est from state and local law enforcement agencies inthe Delegation of Immigration Authority—287(g) pro-gram. ICE ACCESS coordinates an umbrella of servicesand programs.ICE agents and officers will meet with agenciesrequesting ICE ACCESS assistance to assess local needsand to draft appropriate plans of action. Based uponthese assessments, ICE and local agencies will deter-mine which type of partnership is most beneficial andsustainable before entering into an official agreement.Law enforcement agencies interested in reviewing theenforcement programs under the ICE ACCESS programare encouraged to call their local ICE office or visitwww.ice.gov for more information.
ICE ACCESS Support and Programs
Asset Forfeiture/Equitable Sharing.
Asset Forfeiture isa powerful tool used by ICE and other law enforcementagencies to seize assets used by criminal organizationsin their illicit enterprises or acquired through criminalactivity. Under the related equitable sharing program,federal, state and local law enforcement partners andforeign governments working with ICE in joint investi-gations can be eligible to receive a portion of the pro-ceeds of a federal forfeiture, fostering greaterpartnership and cooperation among agencies.
Border Enforcement Security Task Forces (BESTs).
BESTs work cooperatively with other law enforcemententities to develop a comprehensive approach to iden-tify, disrupt and dismantle criminal organizationsposing significant threats to border security. BESTforces are currently located in Arizona, California,Texas and Washington. Plans include expansion to Buf -falo, New York.
Criminal Alien Program (CAP).
CAP focuses onidentifying criminal aliens who are incarceratedwithin federal, state and local facilities, securing afinal order of removal prior to the termination of their sentences so that they will not be released intothe community.
Customs Cross-designation.
Section 1401 (I) of Title19 United States Code enables federal, state, local andforeign law enforcement officers who participate inICE task force operations to be cross-designated as cus-toms officers with authority to enforce U.S. customslaw.These officers supplement ICE’s investigative mis-sion to disrupt and dismantle transnational criminalorganizations by combating narcotics smuggling;money laundering; human smuggling and trafficking;and fraud related activities.
Delegation of Immigration Authority—287(g).
The287(g) program cross-designates state and local offi-cers to enforce immigration law as authorized throughsection 287(g) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.Scores of state, county and municipal agencies nation-wide have requested 287(g) memorandums of agree-ment with ICE and hundreds of officers have beentrained under the program.
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