ICE HSI (Homeland Security Investigations) = transnational crime
ICE ERO (Enforcement Removal Operations) = brownshirts, entirely immigration
Two separate agencies with two separate missions, and this is about HSI.
ICE ERO (Enforcement Removal Operations) = brownshirts, entirely immigration
Two separate agencies with two separate missions, and this is about HSI.
>According to ICE, HSI agents “encountered 97 individuals who are subject to removal from the United States” during its execution of a federal criminal search warrant at the meatpacking plant.
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/10/ice-raids-tennessee-meat...
It’s a big issue, ERO can’t even perform their own workplace raids/political stunts so they co-opt the serious agency for it whenever the winds in DC blow the right direction.
Blown in part by the infamous “ICE union” of course, while hilariously, the HSI agents performing the stunts aren’t even unionized.
But because DHS is, has, and will probably continue to be in disarray merely confronted with its daily agenda, it’s always going to be a “bad time” to look at finally separating the two.
>ICE ERO (Enforcement Removal Operations) = brownshirts, entirely immigration
>Two separate agencies with two separate missions, and this is about HSI.
Folks keep mentioning these separate groups within ICE. Which makes a great deal of sense if you actually say the words that make up ICE: Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
ERO == Immigration (the issues surrounding folks coming into the country)
HSI == Customs (the issues surrounding stuff coming into the country
Broadly related but distinct areas of enforcement.
Edit: Fixed formatting.