Monitoring ICE Charging Practices
in the Immigration Court

Wednesday, December 7, 2011, 2:00pm EST

Speakers: Professors Susan B. Long and David Burnham, TRAC Co-Directors

1. Introduction
   • Reference material for webinar
   • Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC)
   a research data center at Syracuse University (established 1989)
   • Webinar funded by Four Freedoms Fund


2. What does the government mean when it says it is targeting "criminals" for deportation?
   • Criminal Court system versus Immigration Court system: two distinct worlds
   • Defining "deportable" criminal offenses
   • TRAC data: case-by-case records on all Immigration Court proceedings versus case-by-case records on federal criminal prosecutions


3. TRAC report series: Monitoring new ICE deportation order requests in Immigration Court
   • Latest figures: ICE Targets Fewer Criminals in Deportation Proceedings
   • Longer term trends: Immigration Enforcement Since 9/11: A Reality Check
   • Other TRAC immigration reports


4. Demonstration of accompanying TRAC User App:
   • U.S. Deportation Proceedings in Immigration Courts
   • About the data
   • Other TRAC data and tools


5. Various ways of accessing TRAC's data
   • Online data and tools
   • TRAC Fellows program


6. TRAC needs your feedback (see webinar evaluation questions)
   • What was most helpful/not helpful?
   • Suggestions to improve User Apps
   • Suggestions for additional webinars on TRAC data