Does ICE have an infrastructure to deal with victim issues on human trafficking and human smuggling?
ICE, including both the Office of Investigations and the Office of Detention and Removal Operations, has significant resources allocated to both the detention of smuggled aliens and the victim/witness support structure that is available to victims of trafficking. ICE has 305 collateral duty victim/witness coordinators who work with non-governmental organizations to assist in providing victim services. ICE provides short-term immigration relief to certified victims of trafficking in the form of Continued Presence (CP). In fiscal year 2005, ICE agents sponsored 78 percent of all CP requests and extensions.
