lake county sheriff's office (florida) - 287(g) foia documents

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~ b e r l f f Lake County

March 18, 2008

Ms. Julie MyersAssistant SecretaryUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement425 I Street NW Room 7000Washington, DC 20536Dear Assistant Secretary Myers:

Gary S. Borders360 West Ruby Street Tavares, Florida 32naPhone 352-343-9500

I am writing to request participation in the Delegation ofAuthority Program pursuant to 287 (g)of the Immigration and Nationality Act. Given our past relationship with ICE, this partnershipwill enable us to better serve and meet the needs ofour residents.I have been in communication with the Miami Field Office. They have been very helpful andencouraging with their advice, for that reason I am proposing the following:

Establishment of an Identification Review Officer at our Lake County Detention Centerlocated in Tavares, Florida. This is our central processing and pre-trial Detention Center.Train (10) Detention Deputies assigned to central processing and (5) Deputy Sheriff'sassigned to a Task Force, with a minimum of two years experience and who have passeda security background acceptable to ICE.Training facilities are available at our Training Center where instructors can utilizecomputer training aids, videos and any other materials they may need in instruction.

This program will allow us to enter into a Memorandum of Understanding that will enable us toparticipate with ICE in identifying criminal illegal aliens who pose a risk to the citizens of LakeCounty. I look forward to your speedy endorsement of this request and moving forward with thisprogram for the benefit of all.

Gary S. BordersSheriffof Lake County, FloridaCc: Michael D. RozosMiami Field Office Director


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Gary S. BordersSheriffLake County360 West Ruby StreetTavares, Florida 32778Dear Sheriff Borders:

Office ofState and Local Coordinationu.s. Department of Homeland Security425 I Street, NWWashington, DC 20536

u.s. Immigrationand CustomsEnforcement

Thank you for your March 18,2008 letter expressing interest in the 287(g) Delegation ofAuthority program offered by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).As the largest investigative agency within the Department ofHomeland Security (DHS), ICE ischarged with protecting national security and ensuring public safety through the aggressiveenforcement of federal immigration and customs laws across the more than 3.5 million squaremiles that make up our great nation. ICE recognizes, however, that we share the responsibilityof ensuring public safety with over 775,000 state and local law enforcement officers. One wayICE addresses this joint goal is by building partnerships with state and local law enforcementagencies (LEAs). To facilitate these partnerships and work more closely with our state and localcounterparts, ICE launched the comprehensive Agreements ofCooperation in Communities toEnhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) program in 2007.ICE ACCESS serves to provide state and local LEAs like yours an opportunity to partner withICE to specifically combat the immigration and customs enforcement challenges of theircommunities. To accomplish this, ICE ACCESS offers an umbrella of services and programs toassist local LEAs with interior enforcement issues. The 287(g) program that your letterreferenced is only one such component. Other programs that fall within the purview ofICEACCESS include: the Customs Cross-Designation (Title 19) Document and Benefit Fraud TaskForces, the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC), Operation Community Shield, theCriminal Alien Program (CAP), Fugitive Operations, and Rapid Repatriation. Please findenclosed a copy of the ICE ACCESS Fact Sheet for more information.It is through strategic discussions and efforts such as these that strong partnerships between stateand local law enforcement agencies and ICE can be developed. Combining Federal, state, andlocal resources has proven successful in safeguarding the public. I have requested that the localICE ACCESS liaisons work in coordination with you to determine which ICE ACCESSprograms will best meet our joint needs. The local points of conta ACCESS are: in theOffice ofInvestigations, Program Manager Brian P. Dorian (813)_ and in thetion and Removal Operations, Assistant Field Office Direct ing, at (81l IB

Enclosure

Sincerely,

Sheriff (ret.) Jim PendergraphExecutive DirectorOffice of State and Local Coordination

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Gary S. BordersSheriffLake County360 West Ruby StreetTavares, Florida 32778Dear Sheriff Borders:

JUN 18

Office o/Sta te and Local CoordinationU.S. Department of Homeland Security425 I Street, NWWashington, DC 20536U.S. Immigrationand CustomsEnforcement

Thank you for your March 18, 2008 letter expressing interest in the 287(g) Delegation ofAuthority program offered by the U.S. Irrumgration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).As the largest Illvestlgative agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE ischarged with protecting national security and ensuring public safety through the aggressiveenforcement of federal immigration and customs laws across the more than 3.5 million squaremiles that make up our great natIOn. ICE recognizes, however, that we share the responsibilityof ensuring pubhc safety with over 775,000 state and local law enforcement officers. One wayICE addresses this joint goal is by building partnerships with state and local law enforcementagencies (LEAs). To facilitate these partnershIps and work more closely with our state and localcounterparts, ICE launched the comprehensIve Agreements of Cooperation in Communities toEnhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) program in 2007.ICE ACCESS serves to provide state and local LEAs like yours an opportunity to partner withICE to specifically combat the ImmIgration and customs enforcement challenges of theircommunities. To accomplish this, ICE ACCESS offers an umbrella of services and programs toassist local LEAs with interior enforcement issues. The 287(g) program that your letterreferenced is only one such component. Other programs that fall within the purview of ICEACCESS include: the Customs Cross-Designation (Title 19) Document and Benefit Fraud TaskForces, the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC), Operation Community Shield, theCnminal Alien Program (CAP), Fugitive Operations, and Rapid RepatriatIon. Please findenclosed a copy of the ICE ACCESS Fact Sheet for more Information.It is through strategic diSCUSSIOns and efforts such as these that strong partnerships between stateand local law enforcement agencies and ICE can be developed. Combining Federal, state, andlocal resources has proven successful in safeguarding the public. I have requested that the localICE ACCESS liaisons work in coordination with you to determine which ICE ACCESSprograms will best meet our joint needs. The local points of contact for ICE ACCESS are: in theOffice of InvestIgations, Program Manager Brian P. Dorian (813) 357- (b)(6) , and II I the Office ofDetention and Removal Operations, Assistant Field Office Director b 6 (Ql(7 C , at (813) 637-

(b)( , (b (7)(C)

Enclosure

Sincerely, I~ ~ ~ ~ h e r i f f (ret.) Jim PendergraphExecutive DirectorOffice of State and Local Coordination

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Marcy M. FormanDirectorOff ice of Investigations

Lake County Sheriff'sAuthority Training

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req uest for

On 1 2008, U Immigration and Customs Enforcement Headquartersreceived a req uest for 287(g) Delegation of Authority training from the Lake CountySheriff's Office (LeSO) located in Tavares, FL. Gary Borders, Sheriff for the LeSO hasreq uested Delegation of Authority training 10 deputies in central bo okingarea 5 deputies to assigned to an IC E lead task force.ill be available to support th e La ke County initiative Jan ua ry 2009.


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MEMORANDUM FOR:

FROM:

SUBJECT:

James HayesDirectorHQDROMichael D. R O z c H ~ Field Office Director 0 Lake County 287(g)

Field OfficI? mrI?C/ol'U.S. Depllrtment of Homelllnd Security18201 SW 12'h StreetMiami. FL 33194

u.s. Immigrationand CustomsEnforcementNovember 21, 2008


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Office o f Jelelltion and RemOWI! OpertiliO//$u.s. Df.'pal1mf.'n t of Il omtlanu Stc urih500 121!> Stn.:CI. SW -Washington. DC 20536u.s. Immigrationand CustomsEnforcem ent

MEMOR ANDUM FOR: Wi lliam F. Ri leyAc ting Director MAR 0 9 2009O f f i ~ ~ c a l Coordination

FROM: J a m ~ s % ~ ~ . DirectorOffice ofDetenti on and Removal OperationsSU BJ EC T: Pending Request for 287 (g) Delegation of AuthorityPurposeThe purpose of this memorandum is to provide the Office of State and Local Coordination(OSLC) with the Office ofDetention and Removal Operations' (ORO) recommendation for theLake County Sheriffs Office 's pending requ est for 287(g) Delegation ofAuthority.BackgroundOn March 18.2008 , Lake County, Florida Sheri IT Gary S. Borders submitted a letter to formerAss istant Secretary Julie Myers requesting 287(g) Delegation of Authority, The Miami FieldOffice Director (fOD ) subsequently completed an assessment and recommendation forimplementation ofa 287(g) Program at the Lake County Sheriff' s Office. The FOD'sassessment included the completion ofa 287(g) field survey, as we ll as a Memorandum ofSupportfNon-support. The criteri a for this recommendation included: projected workload,avail able resources, cost benefit, and applicability of other ICE ACCESS Programs. The FieldOffic e forwarded their completed information to the Headqu arters' Criminal Alien Program(CAP) Spec ial Programs Unit to assist DRO in making a fin al recommendation.Disc ussion

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SUBJECT: [Pending 287(g) Delegation ofAuthority Requests]Page 2Recommendation