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I am "ri ling 10 requo:st pan i",ipation in lhe IX I~gaIKm " r AuthorilY Progmm pursuant 10
287(g) of the Immignlli"n and N~tu",li/3U"" ·\CI . Gi. ~n our past rela1iono;hlp ""Ih lCL. thi~
panllct>h,I''' ,II enahlc u, to bener !OC .... c and _ ...·11he- nc<:ds ofll>o: resllknl~ "flho.· !'>1~le "f
Rh,ld~ Island

I'ka",' he ~d"i~d Ihal h~d prC\'iUll, l) ad vised u, Ie' file ,m oro-Ii""

arplicati tJoll for this training. We tiled Ihis i'l c~rl y Arrll aner Ihe Go,'emoe i'SHCd his
Exo .·uli"" Order on ] I lcg~1 Immigraliun l\JIllro l "n MJrch ~ 7. ~008 . "hi~h is ~ 1 1.,chcJ Si nce
lilt'n m~' oftic, hllll>ccn in communic:llioli w, lh XlI). • leI: ~gc!l1 ill " lI arg.' .. flh"
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comp,j[Cr Ir~i'lil1g "ids. " ;d~o, Jnd any other "11,1... ",,1, th C) mny n~cd in ;"slruni"n •.

r his prog,rom wi II al lul> ", 10 .. " Ier into" M "'l1I\r'~mh ll n "f IllIcicrslaml; ng IfIllI "ill ~n3h l c I' ~
II) pnrli(ip' uc "L(h ICI. ,n idcm ify,ng nimiMI ; 11 ~J!al " Iic n~ "h" po~" ri,k Wlh .. cui/cn~ of
the State M 1I. 1Iod~ Isl~nd, J look t,,1'11 s.d 10 ~ ,'II' sro;cd' "'ldorscm"n\ o r Ihis ~q"csi ~1I,j
mo' in~ {on, aN "tlh Ihis prosram 1~-" Ih~ hcll"lil of all

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Washington. DC 2Q5J6

u.s. Immigration
and Customs
Enforcement
Ashbel T . Wall II
Director
Rhode Island Department of Corrections AUG - 7 llXll
40 Howard Avenue
Cranston, Rhode Island 02920

Dear DireclOr Wall :

Thank you for your letter ellpressmg mteresl m the 287(g) Delegation of Authonty program
offered by the U.S . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

As the largest investigative agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), ICE IS
charged with protecting nallonal secunty and ensunng public safety through the aggressive
enforcement offcderal immigration and customs laws across the more than 3.5 million square
miles that make up our great nation. ICE recognizes, however, that we share the resfK>nsibility
of ensuring public safety with over 775,000 state and local law enforcement officers. One way
ICE addresses thiS Jomt goal IS by building partnerships with slate and local law enforcement
agencies (LEAs). To facilitate these partnerships and work more closely with our state and local
counterparts, ICE launched the comprehensive Agreements of Cooperation in Communities to
Enhance Safety and Security (ACCESS) program in 2007.

ICE ACCESS serves to provide state and local LEAs like yours an opportunity to partner with
ICE to specifically combat the immigration and customs enforcement challenges of their
communities. To ac<:omplish this, ICE ACCESS offers an umbrella of services and programs to
assist local LEAs with IOtenor enforcement ISSUes, The 287(g) program that your letter
referenced is only one such component. Other programs that fall within the purview of ICE
ACCESS include: the Customs Cross· Designation (Title 19), Document and Benefit Fraud Task
Forces, the Law Enforcement Support Center (LESC), Operation Community Shield, the
Cnminal Ahen Program (CAP). Fugitive Operauons, and Rapid Repatnation. Please find
enclosed a copy of the ICE ACCESS Fact Sheet for more infonnation.

It is through strategic discussions and efforts such as these that strong partnerships between state
and local law enforcement agencies and ICE can be developed. Combimng Federal, state, and
local resources has proven successful 111 safeguarding the public. I have requested that the local
ICE ACCESS liaisons work in coordination with you to detennine which ICE ACCESS
programs will best meet our jOint needs. lltc first step in identifying which programs best suit
your community's needs will be 10 complete the ''Needs Assessment Tool" that will be sent by
your ICE ACCESS haison. The I for ICE ACCESS are: In the Office of
Investigations, Group Supervisor 5j!,j'-'~( and in th~
Detention and Removal Operations, ' . and Detention Office ~
at (617) 5~~ x mhank you again for your IIllcrest in lCE.

~Q'W-
~}heri IT (ret.) J 1m Pendergraph
.,..ExcCl.Itivc Direclor
Office of State and Local Coordination

Enclosure
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