Changes

Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees working in 400 offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries. The agency has an annual budget of more than $5.7 billion dollars, primarily devoted to its two principal operating components - Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations.  

Created in 2003 through a merger of the investigative and interior enforcement elements of the U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service, ICE now has more than 20,000 employees working in 400 offices in all 50 states and 47 foreign countries. The agency has an annual budget of more than $5.7 billion dollars, primarily devoted to its two principal operating components - Homeland Security Investigations and Enforcement and Removal Operations.  

The agency's law enforcement authorities encompass more than 400 U.S. federal statutes that ICE is responsible for enforcing in its commitment to ensuring national security and public safety. <ref>[http://www.ice.gov/about/index.htm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website]</ref>

The agency's law enforcement authorities encompass more than 400 U.S. federal statutes that ICE is responsible for enforcing in its commitment to ensuring national security and public safety.<ref>[http://www.ice.gov/about/index.htm U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement website]</ref>

== Organization ==

== Organization ==

* Office of State/Local Coordination (OSLC): OSLC fosters partnerships with ICE’s law enforcement counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our homeland through education and cross-designation. OSLC has instituted ICE ACCESS (Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security), an umbrella of services offered for assistance to local law enforcement officers to combat specific challenges in their communities.

* Office of State/Local Coordination (OSLC): OSLC fosters partnerships with ICE’s law enforcement counterparts to ensure the safety and security of our homeland through education and cross-designation. OSLC has instituted ICE ACCESS (Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to Enhance Safety and Security), an umbrella of services offered for assistance to local law enforcement officers to combat specific challenges in their communities.

== Also See ==

== See also ==

* [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]

* [[United States Department of Homeland Security]]

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