National Fugitive Operations Program

The Fugitive Operations Program (NFOP) identifies, locates, apprehends and removes fugitive aliens from the United States. The highest priority of the NFOP is placed on those fugitives who pose a threat to national security and community safety. Fugitive Operations Teams participate in various federal, state and local task forces and work closely with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS), Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and other agencies to identify and apprehend fugitives.

To date, 52 DRO Fugitive Operation Teams have been funded and are being deployed at ICE field offices throughout the United States. In FY05, Fugitive Operation Teams apprehended 11,198 fugitives, of whom 4,699 were criminal aliens. Additionally, the Fugitive Operation Teams made 2,361 apprehensions of collateral criminal aliens.