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United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the United States Department of Homeland Security. Its stated mission is to conduct criminal investigations, enforce immigration laws, preserve national security, and protect public safety. ICE was created as part of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 following the September 11 attacks. It absorbed the prior functions of the Immigration and Naturalization Service and the United States Customs Service.
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Account by Oscar Belgal differs sharply from that of DHS agents, who fired into vehicle with young boy in back seat
Lawyers for a New York man shot and wounded by federal immigration officers while in a car with his young son say the officers never identified themselves or showed a warrant.
On Friday, a federal judge barred the government from deporting the 28-year-old, granting a petition filed by immigration advocates.