United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations,
ICE agents on the roof of the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois watch over a protest against mass deportation during Operation Midway Blitz, September 2025.
ICE headquarters building in Washington, D.C., 2009
A protest against ICE in Philadelphia, June 2018
California National Guard with riot shields at June 2025 Los Angeles protests against ICE and mass deportation.
The United States Immigration and Naturalization Service was a United States federal government agency under the United States Department of Labor from 1933 to 1940 and under the United States Departm
United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement
…public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 following the September 11 attacks. It absorbed the prior functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Customs Service. ICE has two primary and distinct law enforcement components: Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Enforcement…
Old INS building in Seattle