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Business Growth Strategy Takes 10 Steps

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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) January 10, 2006

Plucking a farmer from the fields and handing him the keys to the business for a year would make any business owner nervous, right? Of course it would. But there’s a good chance that at the end of the year the business would be healthier.

Why? Because farmers know how to grow things. They don’t just walk around dropping seeds everywhere and then sit back and wait for the crops to come in. Instead, they get out there and plow the field. Then they cultivate the soil. Then they plant the seeds. Each of these things has to happen before the harvest ever comes. It?s all second nature to a farmer.

Leaving any company’s growth to chance is dangerous. A company?s best shot at a larger market share comes from developing and implementing a successful growth strategy.

Over the past decade, Steve Kaplan?businessman extraordinaire, AKA The Difference Maker?has developed a ten-step process for growing or expanding a business. In very general terms, it has to do with taking a look at a company’s current revenue streams, defining the current target customers, and using that information to develop growth strategies. Want more customers with the same products, more products for the same customers, both, or an expansion to a new geography? Steve Kaplan?s 10-step method covers all the possibilities:

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Plow Games and Last Front: Europe Strategy Game Featured in Current Issue of iCreate Magazine

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Indianapolis, IN (Vocus) May 18, 2010

Plow Digital | Plow Games, a creative interactive software developer for a variety of platforms and markets, is currently featured in Issue 80 of iCreate Magazine. The magazine?s Developer Focus section discusses the company?s upcoming projects, including the iPad release of its strategy game Last Front: Europe. iCreate Magazine is available via iPad electronic and can be found in bookstores worldwide.

?Plow Games will introduce several projects to iPad this year, including the Last Front: Europe strategy game and several business applications,? says Greg Phillips of Plow Games. ?With a touch screen interface, large screen, video, data collection and Wi-Fi, the iPad gives us the ability to create a unique experience for gamers and businesses. Last Front: Europe will be perfect for the iPad?s large screen, giving players an even greater gaming experience than before.?

Plow Games released Last Front: Europe for the iPhone and iPod touch earlier this year. With three modes of game play, 16 maps and various user content creation tools, this strategy-based game allows players to immerse themselves into four historic battles of World War II?s European theater, including The Battle of Stalingrad and the Battle of the Bulge. Users can design their own content and game play, using the game?s online editor to create and place terrain, defensive units, obstacles and even customized enemy attackers.

Last Front: Europe is currently available for the iPhone and iPod touch and can be purchased from Apple?s App Store. More information about the game can be found online at http://www.lastfrontgame.com/. Last Front: Europe will be available for the iPad this summer.

About the iCreate Magazine

iCreate is the creative magazine for Apple computer users. Made for Mac users by Mac users, it provides sumptuously designed, essential content for Apple aficionados and switchers alike. http://www.icreatemagazine.com/

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Entrepreneur Brings International Health Sensation to America: Plans to Revolutionize Snacking Corn in a Cup Concept, Cup It, Eyes Aggressive American Growth Strategy

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Paramus, NJ (Vocus) March 18, 2010

Your favorite mealtime side dishes aren’t just for dinner anymore. Now, you can snack on a cup of corn, potatoes, or waffles and fruit at Cup It, a four-unit franchise focused on revamping American?s fast-food snack options, especially while mall shopping.

Founded by Mete Oguz, a 34-year-old life-long Turkish entrepreneur who built international success by creating an industrial machinery import company in Turkey before moving to the States, Cup It, the first concept of its kind to offer a cost-conscience healthy alternative to typical fast-food fare by introducing portion controlled food servings in a cup.

“With more than 3,000 international locations, Malaysian corn in a cup kiosks have become quite popular in Turkey, Germany, England, and the Netherlands ” he said. “I know Americans will love our products because we serve their favorite fresh, healthy foods in a reasonably portioned cup.”

Cup It serves four products: Corn in a Cup is made of steamed Malaysian corn- known for being sweeter and juicer than corn from other places- topped with your choice of cheeses, butter, mayonnaise and spices. Cup It’s next product, Potatoes in a Cup, uses the company’s original, patent-pending mashing machine to grind up the spuds. The Pot-a-Corn is a combination of items one and two; and the final product, Waffle in a Cup consists of a freshly baked waffle topped with fruit and Nutella hazelnut spread.

For the Corn in a Cup product, Oguz has been adamant on educating Americans on the true health value of corn. Venture to a grocery store and purchase all types of canned or frozen corn and one major similarity exists among all options: The corn is machine ripped off the ear. The tearing of the root virtually eliminates all health value of corn; whereas the Malaysian corn is removed, by hand, from the ear, keeping the root maintained along with all of the nutrients.

?Even corn that is labeled as whole kernel in U.S. grocery markets is removed by machine. The difference is amazing, as is the flavor and nutrients from the corn we import,? he said, noting that all corn is purchased 90 days in advance because it is hand manufactured.

Additionally, in February, Cup It will begin serving a new product, Grilled Cheese In A Cup, with your choice of three types of bread and four cheeses, along with another new menu item, Meatballs In A Cup and Belgian Waffle . All cups are under $ 5.

?The landscape is limitless for us as a brand and our product line is limitless because imagine the possibilities of what can go in a cup,? Oguz said.

Launched in the U.S. in April of 2009, Cup It currently has four locations in the New York metropolitan area, and it’s now ready to expand. The company is currently offering franchising and licensing agreements. New franchisees should expect to spend between $ 50,000 and $ 80,000 on their initial investment, including a $ 15,000 initial franchise fee, plus the cost of equipment, supplies, and marketing for a kiosk. Additionally, Cup It has launched a cart option more for outdoor venues, with initial fees ranging from $ 10,000 to $ 20,000. Existing food service establishments can license the right to sell Cup It products for as little as $ 5,000 including a $ 2,500 licensing fee, plus a $ 2,500 inventory investment.

?The low cost of investment has positioned us very well for steady American growth,? Oguz said. ?Our high-tech, top-of-the-line kiosk designs cost far less than any other mall restaurant concept. This provides scalability for our franchisees in that they can quickly own multiple locations over a little time period, thus helping them reach their goals of becoming a multi-unit operator.?

Oguz said that while Cup It has had phenomenal success and is extremely popular, even the first location in Garden State Plaza Mall, among customers, the big challenge is introducing the alternative to pretzels, pizza and ice cream to the public.

?We are focused on creating a strong initial footprint so that we can influence Americans into healthier snacking options,? he said. ?Throughout 2010, we plan on opening 20 total locations. This will provide us with a staple for propelling the brand westward in 2011.?

According to Oguz, owning a Cup It franchise requires no skill or experience, just a strong work ethic. “The ideal Cup It franchise would be a family-owned establishment. Our concept is a perfect fit for mall food courts, stadiums, amusement parks, and boardwalks.”

ABOUT CUP IT

Cup It, a four-unit snack in a cup franchise, is proud to be the first and only company to market ?Corn in a Cup? and ?Waffle in a Cup? in America. This introduction is the culmination of two years of development. Corn and Potato foods are widely known and consumed. Cup It foods are specially prepared snacks served in cups with its signature blend of sauces and spices. This new trend in snack food has expanded rapidly internationally in more than 20 countries Cup It?s franchise concept is based on small point of sale kiosks located in shopping centers, amusement parks, exhibition centers, theaters, stadiums, and grocery stores, with plans to reach 20 locations by the end of 2010. For more information on Cup It, visit http://www.cupitfood.com.

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Four South Carolina counties to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime

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(Vocus) October 15, 2010

On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Beaufort, Berkeley, Dorchester and York counties that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement?s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE?s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice?s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS?s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS? biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual?s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first?such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

?The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,? said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. ?Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE?s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.?

With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to Beaufort, Berkeley, Dorchester and York counties, ICE is using this capability in seven South Carolina jurisdictions, including Charleston, Greenville and Horry counties. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 685 jurisdictions in 33 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 46,800 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as ”criminal aliens.” Instead, a ”criminal alien” is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS?s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

”US VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,” said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ”By enhancing the interoperability of DHS?s and the FBI?s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.”

”Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,” said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI?s CJIS Division. ”Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.”

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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11 North Carolina counties to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime

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Sparta, NC (Vocus) October 15, 2010

On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in 11 additional North Carolina counties that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement?s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE?s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice?s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS?s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS?s biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual?s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first?such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

?The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,? said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. ?Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE?s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.?

Today?s announcement includes the following 11 North Carolina jurisdictions: Alexander, Alleghany, Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Rockingham, Stokes, Surry, Watauga, Wilkes and Yadkin counties. With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to these counties, ICE is now using it in 59 North Carolina jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 685 jurisdictions in 33 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

?This is a fantastic technological adjunct, which adds another identification layer for those who come into our criminal justice system via arrest,? said Watauga County Sheriff Len Hagaman. ?We have anxiously awaited the implementation of Secure Communities enhancements and look forward to finally putting it into practice and continuing our great relation with our ICE partners.?

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 46,800 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as ”criminal aliens.” Instead, a ”criminal alien” is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS?s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

”US VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,” said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ”By enhancing the interoperability of DHS?s and the FBI?s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.”

”Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,” said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI?s CJIS Division. ”Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.”

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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Hall and Whitfield counties to benefit from ICE strategy to use biometrics to identify and remove aliens convicted of a crime

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Gainesville, GA (Vocus) October 15, 2010

On Wednesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Hall and Whitfield counties that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement?s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE?s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice?s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS?s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS? biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual?s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first?such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

?The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,? said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. ?Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE?s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.?

With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to Hall and Whitfield counties, ICE is using this capability in eight Georgia jurisdictions, including Clayton, Cobb, DeKalb, Fulton, Gwinnett and Muscogee counties. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 685 jurisdictions in 33 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 46,800 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as ??criminal aliens.?? Instead, a ??criminal alien?? is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS?s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

??US VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,?? said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ??By enhancing the interoperability of DHS?s and the FBI?s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.??

??Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,?? said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI?s CJIS Division. ??Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.??

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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All West Virginia Counties to Benefit from ICE Strategy to Use Biometrics to Identify and Remove Aliens Convicted of a Crime

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Charleston, WV (Vocus) October 29, 2010

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in all West Virginia counties that uses biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement?s custody for a crime. This information sharing capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE?s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, fingerprint-based biometric records were taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody and checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice?s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), fingerprint information submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS?s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If any fingerprints match those of someone in the DHS biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual?s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious offenses first?such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

?The Secure Communities strategy is improving public safety every day by transforming the way ICE identifies aliens in the criminal custody of law enforcement,? said John Morton, ICE Director. ?Using this biometric information sharing tool enables ICE to prevent the release of convicted criminal aliens back into the community when they complete their sentences.?

?The West Virginia State Police is pleased to become a part of this advanced identification program. With our recent addition of electronic fingerprint capture and submission capabilities, we are taking advantage of the most current technologies available to law enforcement to identify and capture the criminal,? said Colonel Tim Pack, Superintendent of the West Virginia State Police. ?As more agencies join this information sharing effort, federal, state and local entities are able to provide more timely collection data to rapidly identify and take appropriate action with the criminal alien element.?

With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability statewide in West Virginia, ICE is now using it in 746 jurisdictions in 34 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond to all fingerprint matches generated nationwide through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 46,800 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as ?criminal aliens.? Instead, a ?criminal alien? is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS?s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

??US-VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,?? said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ??By enhancing the interoperability of DHS’s and the FBI’s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.??

??Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,?? said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI’s CJIS Division. ??Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.??

ICE is currently using the federal biometric information sharing capability in jurisdictions in the following states: Arkansas, Arizona, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Maryland, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Carolina, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia and West Virginia.

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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Six Nebraska Counties to Benefit From ICE Strategy To Use Biometrics To Identify and Remove Aliens Convicted of a Crime

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Grand Island, NB (Vocus) November 5, 2010

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in six additional Nebraska counties that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement?s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE?s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice?s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS?s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS? biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual?s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first-such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

?The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,? said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. ?Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE?s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.?

Today?s announcement includes the following six Nebraska jurisdictions: Adams, Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Madison and Merrick counties. With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to these counties, ICE is now using this capability in eight Nebraska jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 752 jurisdictions in 34 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

?I?m excited about having a new tool available for law enforcement,? said Fred Ruiz, director of Hall County Department of Corrections. ?We deeply appreciate the efforts of Immigration and Customs Enforcement in making this available to us.?

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 46,800 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as ”criminal aliens.” Instead, a ”criminal alien” is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS?s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI?s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

”US VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,” said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ”By enhancing the interoperability of DHS?s and the FBI?s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.”

”Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,” said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI?s CJIS Division. ”Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.”

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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Cherokee County to Benefit from ICE Strategy to use Biometrics to Identify and Remove Aliens Convicted of a Crime

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Canton, Ga. (Vocus) November 19, 2010

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Cherokee County that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement’s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE’s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS’s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS’ biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual’s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first-such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

“The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,” said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. “Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE’s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.”

With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to Cherokee County, ICE is using this capability in nine Georgia jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 788 jurisdictions in 34 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

“We are pleased to be participating in this program and will aggressively pursue all efforts to identify persons who are in this country illegally and have them removed in accordance with all state and federal laws,” said Cherokee County Sheriff Roger Garrison.

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 50,600 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as “criminal aliens.” Instead, a “criminal alien” is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS’s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

??US-VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,?? said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ??By enhancing the interoperability of DHS’s and the FBI’s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.??

??Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,?? said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI’s CJIS Division. ??Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.??

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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3 Missouri Counties to Benefit From ICE Strategy to use Biometrics to Identify and Remove Aliens Convicted of a Crime

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Kansas City, Mo. (Vocus) November 19, 2010

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Clay, Jackson and Platte counties that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement’s custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities?ICE’s comprehensive strategy to improve and modernize the identification and removal of aliens convicted of a crime from the United States.

Previously, biometrics?fingerprints?taken of individuals charged with a crime and booked into custody were checked for criminal history information against the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS). Now, through enhanced information sharing between DOJ and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), biometrics submitted through the state to the FBI will be automatically checked against both the FBI criminal history records in IAFIS and the biometrics-based immigration records in DHS’s Automated Biometric Identification System (IDENT).

If fingerprints match those of someone in DHS’ biometric system, the new automated process notifies ICE. ICE evaluates each case to determine the individual’s immigration status and takes appropriate enforcement action. This includes aliens who are in lawful status and those who are present without lawful authority. Once identified through fingerprint matching, ICE will respond with a priority placed on aliens convicted of the most serious crimes first-such as those with convictions for major drug offenses, murder, rape and kidnapping.

“The Secure Communities strategy provides ICE with an effective tool to identify criminal aliens in local custody,” said Secure Communities Assistant Director David Venturella. “Enhancing public safety is at the core of ICE’s mission. Our goal is to use biometric information sharing to remove criminal aliens, preventing them from being released back into the community, with little or no additional burden on our law enforcement partners.”

With the expansion of the biometric information sharing capability to Clay, Jackson and Platte counties, ICE is using this capability in five Missouri jurisdictions. Across the country, ICE is using this capability in 788 jurisdictions in 34 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond nationwide to all fingerprint matches generated through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

Since ICE began using this enhanced information sharing capability in October 2008, immigration officers have removed from the United States more than 50,600 aliens convicted of a crime. ICE does not regard aliens charged with, but not yet convicted of crimes, as “criminal aliens.” Instead, a “criminal alien” is an alien convicted of a crime. In accordance with the Immigration and Nationality Act, ICE continues to take action on aliens subject to removal as resources permit.

The IDENT system is maintained by DHS’s US-VISIT program and IAFIS is maintained by the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS).

??US-VISIT is proud to support ICE, helping provide decision makers with comprehensive, reliable information when and where they need it,?? said US-VISIT Director Robert Mocny. ??By enhancing the interoperability of DHS’s and the FBI’s biometric systems, we are able to give federal, state and local decision makers information that helps them better protect our communities and our nation.??

??Under this plan, ICE will be utilizing FBI system enhancements that allow improved information sharing at the state and local law enforcement level based on positive identification of incarcerated criminal aliens,?? said Daniel D. Roberts, assistant director of the FBI’s CJIS Division. ??Additionally, ICE and the FBI are working together to take advantage of the strong relationships already forged between the FBI and state and local law enforcement necessary to assist ICE in achieving its goals.??

For more information about how ICE is using biometrics to identify aliens convicted of a crime, visit http://www.ice.gov/secure_communities.

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