Moreover, the GAO analyzed a random sample of 1,000 criminal aliens and their arrest records from August 1955 to April 2010. “Based on our random sample of 1,000 criminal aliens, we estimate that our study population of about 249,000 criminal aliens were arrested about 1.7 million times, averaging about 7 arrests per criminal alien, slightly lower than the 8 arrests per criminal alien we reported in 2005,” the 27 report said. ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) is the federal agency responsible for ensuring that every alien who has been ordered removed departs the United States through fair enforcement of the nation's immigration laws. ERO also coordinates with foreign governments to ensure destination countries 28 will accept aliens removed from the United States. Secure Communities/Comprehensive Identification and Removal of Criminal Aliens (SC/CIRCA) uses technology to share information between law enforcement agencies and by applying risk-based methodologies to focus resources on assisting all local communities in the removal of those criminal aliens representing the greatest threat to community safety. These two organizations cost money, and the president requested not less than $1.6 billion to be made available to identify individuals convicted of a 29 crime who may be deportable and to remove them if they are judged deportable. The president’s request was as follows: Description Amount Custody Operations $2.02 billion Fugitive Operations $154.6 million Criminal Alien Program $196.7 million Alternatives to Detention $72.4 million Transportation and Removal Program $276.6 million SC/Identification and Removal of Criminal Aliens $184.1 million Total ERO $2.9 billion 30 (ICE: Enforcement and Removal Operations) In FY 2014, ICE reported that “86,923 of all interior removals involved individuals previously 31 convicted of a crime.” Mr. Trump would have to at least double the cost of ERO to remove all criminal aliens from the United States at the price of roughly $3 billion at a minimum. Lori, “Trump’s Immigration Plan” FactCheck.org, August 20, 2015. Available at: http://www.factcheck.org/2015/08/trumps- immigration-plan/ 27 Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs, United States Government Accountability Office, 2011. Available at: http://www.gao.gov/assets/320/316959.pdf 28 ICE Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Enacted Budget, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Available at: https://www.ice.gov/factsheets/budget2012#wcm-survey-target-id 29 The President’s Budget for Fiscal Year 2016, Office of Management and Budget. Available at: https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/ 30 ICE Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Enacted Budget, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 31 FY 2014 ICE Immigration Removals, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Available at: https://www.ice.gov/removal-statistics
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