Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Arizona Department of Corrections - 287 (G) FOIA Documents
Arizona Department of Corrections - 287 (G) FOIA Documents
~-.~!~A~
. :~-j .
tlOt WEST JEf1'ERSON
PHOENIX, ARIZONA I5OG7
August 2, 2005
John P. Clark
Deputy Assistant Secretary'
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security
425 I Street, N.W.
Washington D.C. 20536
The Arizona Department of Corrections would like to pursue a written agreement with
the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Department of Homeland Security,
Phoenix office, to identify qualified Arizona Department of Corrections employees for
training by U.S. Immigration and customs enforcement to perfonn certain duties under
the supervision of your agency to expedite the identification of undocumented individuals
and otherwise assist as appropriate in the deportation process.
Cordially,
hffp://www.Odcprlsonlnfo.oz.gov
-(ttongrr55 of tlJr lIInitrll §tatr5
Blusijingtntt. m« 20515
MAY 1 6 2005
May 5, 2005
We are writing to express our serious concerns over the number of foreign-born inmates being
housed ·in Arizona's Department of Corrections facilities. As you may be aware, there are currently more
than 500 such inmates that have been determined eligible for deportation but are awaiting deportation
orders from your agency. Housing each undocumented immigrant costs Arizona taxpayers an average of
$53 a day. The Director of the Department of Corrections may release a prisoner to the custody and
control ofImmigration and Customs Enforcement if the Department receives an order of deportation for
the prisoner from your agency. However, long delays in the processing of paperwork and retrieval by
Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel are imposing severe hardships on the finite financial
resources of the Corrections Department.
Given that the Corrections Department is able to accurately assess the number of foreign-born
inmates that will be eligible for deportation orders up to five years in the future, it would be appropriate to
establish a system now that will avoid future backlogs. We recognize the monetary and personnel
constraints under which you are operating, and wish to inquire as to-how ICE plans to process future
inmates eligible for deportation in a timely, regular and consistent manner. We urge you to initiate and
carry out such a plan that functions efficiently for the state of Arizona.
As you well know, it is indisputably the responsibility of the federal government to secure the
border. The government's failure to do so necessitates its cooperation with the states that are adversely
affected.
Sincerely,
~ ??7e~
- ·U.S. -Senator
.Jon~~')l-
f.-S.-Senator
July 1,2005
Thank you for taking the time to discuss with me some of the issues
Arizona faces with respect to illegal Immigration. I am encouraged by our
telephone conversation and am writing to confirm a few of the issues we talked
about.
however, not all duties such as the deportation may be delegated or shared and
in these instances. the state will continue to rely wholly on your department for
relief.
~~ t1yK.
{/anet Napolitano
Governor
SB:sc
c.Jjfice ofCongressional Relations
u.s. Immigration
and Customs
Enforcement
www.ice.gov