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TRANSCRIPT
Immigrant Detention: Can ICE Meet Its
Legal Imperatives and Case Management Responsibilities?
September 10, 2009Donald Kerwin, Vice President for Programs
Serena Lin, Data/Statistical AnalystMigration Policy Institute
Washington, DC
Part I: Snapshot of ICE Custody Data
The growth of ICE’s immigrant detention system has accelerated in recent years.
(average daily detention)
6,785
33,400
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30,000
35,000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
ICE detained a record 378,852 persons in 2008, a 60% increase from 2005.(average annual detention)
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2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
378,852
209,000
ICE’s budget for custody operations nearly doubled between 2005 and 2009.
2.54
1.77
1.22
2.482.38
1.981.65
1.381.16
0.86
1.65 1.72
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FY 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
$ in billions
Detention and Removal Operations (DRO)
Custody Operations
ICE “Area of Responsibility”Local officials in the field enter information on apprehended/ detained individuals at an ENFORCE work station.
Enforcement Integrated Database (EID)EID contains records related to arrest (EABM), case processing (EARM), and detention (EADM).
ENFORCE Alien Removal Module
(removal application)
ENFORCE Alien Booking Module
(booking application)
ENFORCE Alien Detention Module
(detention application)
Enforcement Database and Case Tracking System (ENFORCE)
Database Background
• Source: ICE detainee data obtained through a FOIA request by Associated Press Reporter Michelle Roberts
• Date: January 25, 2009• Number of Detainees: 32,000• Number of facilities: 286• Number of countries of origin: 177 (Mexico‐
37%, Central America‐28%, the Carribean‐7%)• Percentage of women: 9%
On January 25, 2009, ICE held 32,000 detainees in 286 facilities around the country.
Looking at detention facilities by type…
-State Prisons and Local Jails
(IGSA)68%
-Contract Detention Facilities
17%
-Others 3%
-Service Processing
Centers10%
-Federal Bureau of Prisons
2%
Nearly 70 percent of detainees were held in IGSA facilities.
EmeraldCompaniesIGSA2001529TXRolling Plains Detention Center
GEOCDF2002538FLBroward Transitional Center
N/AIGSAmid-1990s 606PAYork County Jail
N/Afederal BOP1986631LAOakdale Federal Detention Center
N/ASPC-641TXPort Isabel SPC
CCACDF1998654CAOtay Detention Facility
N/ASPC1967764TXEl Paso SPC
CCACDF1984808TXHouston Contract Detention Facility
MTCIGSA2008865NMOtero County Processing Center
CECIGSA-879TXPolk County Jail
GEOCDF2004959WANorthwest Detention Center
GEOIGSA2007966LAJena/Lasalle Detention Facility
MTCIGSA20061,291TXWillacy County Detention Center
N/AIGSA-1,357CAMira Loma Detention Center
GEOCDF20051,387TXSouth Texas Detention Complex
CCAIGSA19941,526AZEloy Federal Contract Facility
CCAIGSA20061,757GAStewart Detention Center
16,158Sub-total of 17 facilities
PrivateContractor
FacilityType
YearOpened
# ofDetaineesStateDetention Facility
Selected Detention Facilities with More than 500 Detainees
Of the 16,158 detainees held in the 17 most immigrant populated facilities, 75% were held in facilities managed
by private contractors.
75% managed by private contractors
60% IGSA
27% CDF
9% SPC
4% Federal BOP
For-profit prisons play an important role in managing ICE detention facilities (both directly and through IGSAs)
1,7929922,362At least180 days
742316570At least 365 days
1,0506761,792180-365 daysin detention
1,5791,2662,48690-180 days inDetention
7,4008,51313,842< 90 days
Number of Detainees by Detention Length114 days72 days81 days
(3)(2)(1)Averagedetentionlength
10,77118,690Total
Post-removalorder detainees
Pre-removal order detainees
Length of Detention by Final Order Status
(Note: See Report Pg. 18 for additional notes)
Examples of Lengthy Detention
• A Vietnamese man without a criminal record was booked into a Columbia Care Center on March 24, 2000 and since then had been detained for 3,230 days.
• A Mexican man has been “detained” in an Econo Lodge motel in Washington State for 319 days as of January 25, 2009.
• Four Honduran boys, age unknown, had been in a foster care center in Houston for at least 200 days.
3%341Weapon Offense
20%2,684Other
3%365Fraudulent Activities
3%443Sexual Assault
3%443Burglary
4%549Robbery
4%573Larceny6%812Immigration
10%1,329Assault
13%1,738Traffic
30%4,033Dangerous Drugs
Criminal charges by Offense Classifications42%13,310Detainees with Criminal Convictions
58%18,690No Criminal Convictions
100%32,000Total Detainees
Most Detainees were non-criminals
Sources
For full list of sources, please refer to the notes
in the original report:
Kerwin, Donald and Serena Yi‐Ying Lin, 2009. Immigration Detention: Can ICE Meets Its Legal Imperatives and Case Management Opportunities?Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. http://www.migrationpolicy.org/pubs/detentionreportSept1009.pdf.
Suggested PowerPoint Citation:Kerwin, Donald and Serena Yi‐Ying Lin, 2009. Immigration Detention: Can ICE Meets Its Legal Imperatives and Case Management Opportunities?PowerPoint presentation. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute.