ICE consists of three directorates to accomplish the agency’s mission, including Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Management and Administration (M&A).
ICE's primary mission is to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade and immigration.
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ERO’s enforcement and removal efforts are conducted by its 24 national field offices. At Headquarters, the Field Operations Division provides guidance to and coordination among those offices. This direction is often in reference to the numerous programs and initiatives through which ERO identifies, arrests, pursues for prosecution, and removes priority aliens.
HQ Field Operations comprises the following three divisions, all of which provide guidance, implement and inform policy and procedures, and facilitate enhanced coordination between HQ and the field offices:
The Domestic Operations Division oversees, directs, and coordinates all ERO Field Operations activities throughout the nation's field offices and sub-offices in an effort to enhance national security, border security, and public safety through the enforcement of DHS’ Civil Immigration Enforcement Priorities.
This map shows the location and area of responsibility of ERO field offices. For questions regarding the location of who is currently in ICE custody, please use the Online Detainee Locator System. For the location and information about specific detention facilities visit the Detention Facility Locator.
The Special Operations Division oversees and coordinates ERO’s intelligence collection efforts, firearms training and protective equipment procurement, various tactical programs and communications efforts, and oversees ERO operations that support the prevention, preparedness, response, and recovery plans for critical and significant incidents such as terrorist attacks, natural disasters, or other national emergencies or incidents.
The Law Enforcement Systems and Analysis (LESA) Division is responsible for helping inform the development of ERO strategies and supporting continuous enhancement of ERO business processes to execute those strategies. Through data collection and analysis and technology and process improvements, LESA delivers tools, studies, and recommendations that assist ICE’s decision-making and planning (strategic, business, and operational). LESA studies ICE’s operations and resources (personnel, processes, technology, and infrastructure) to find areas for continuous improvement.
Jon Gurule is the Assistant Director for Field Operations for Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Mr. Gurule oversees 24 field office directors nationwide, and their domestic and foreign operations throughout the immigration enforcement life cycle.
Mr. Gurule began his career with the former Immigration and Naturalization Service in 1988 as a clerk in Phoenix, Arizona. After graduating from Arizona State University in 1992 with a Bachelor of Science in Justice Administration, Mr. Gurule served in Las Vegas, NV, from 1992 to 2003 as an Immigration Inspector and Deportation Officer. In 2003, Mr. Gurule was promoted to a Supervisory Detention and Deportation Officer in Phoenix, AZ and was promoted to Deputy Field Office Director in 2008.
Immediately prior to becoming Assistant Director for Field Operations, Mr. Gurule was the ERO field office director in Phoenix, Arizona where he directed and executed oversight of immigration enforcement operations for the entire state of Arizona. In doing so he managed the activities of 400 employees and over 800 contract staff, as well as the operations of the main field office in Phoenix, two sub-offices in Tucson and Yuma, and two detention facilities in Florence and Eloy, Arizona encompassing over 3,000 detention beds.
Highlights of Mr. Gurule’s career include the establishment of the Law Enforcement Agency Response Unit in Phoenix, AZ, a specialty unit where ERO officers serve as first responders to calls for assistance from other law enforcement agencies; hundreds of fugitive alien arrests; escorts to over 20 foreign countries; and two detail assignments to Washington, D.C. where he traveled the country conducting presentations to civic, governmental, and law enforcement organizations regarding Secure Communities.
Mr. Gurule lives in Springfield, VA with his wife of 21 years, Lisa, and their three children, Ashley, Matthew, and Caleb.
