ICE has offices in 5 Canadian cities. Is your city on the list? | CBC News

"The U.S. government's website lists ICE offices in five Canadian cities: Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Ottawa. In an emailed statement to CBC News, an ICE spokesperson confirmed its criminal investigative law enforcement component Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) conducts work at the U.S. embassy in the country's capital, and at consulates in the other four cities. HSI personnel are separate from the ICE arm at the forefront of the immigration crackdowns making headlines in cities like Minneapolis, known as Enforcement and Removal Operations."

"HSI special agents conduct criminal investigations to protect the United States from dangerous transnational organizations, like terrorist groups and drug cartels, the ICE spokesperson told CBC News. These skilled and highly trained special agents focus on a wide variety of serious crimes, like drug trafficking, child exploitation, weapons smuggling, human smuggling, financial fraud, and more. A security guard works outside the Embassy of the United States of America in Ottawa on Nov. 7, 2020."

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the criminal investigative arm of ICE, operates out of the U.S. embassy in Ottawa and consulates in Toronto, Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal. HSI is distinct from Enforcement and Removal Operations, focusing on criminal investigations rather than routine immigration removals. HSI maintains more than 93 offices in over 50 countries and has a mandate to identify and stop crime before it reaches the United States. HSI special agents investigate transnational threats such as terrorist groups and drug cartels and target crimes including drug trafficking, child exploitation, weapons smuggling, human smuggling and financial fraud. HSI also assists in tracking and detaining known or potential terrorists and has supported Canadian investigations, including a case resulting in hundreds of charges.

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