# ICE Security Reform Act of 2025: Plain Language Summary

This bill reorganizes how the federal government handles immigration enforcement and criminal investigations. Right now, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) does two very different jobs: it investigates serious crimes like human trafficking and drug smuggling through its Homeland Security Investigations division, and it also handles immigration enforcement and deportations. This bill splits those two functions into separate agencies so they operate independently from each other.

The main change is that Homeland Security Investigations will become its own separate agency within the Department of Homeland Security, while the remaining immigration enforcement work will be renamed U.S. Immigration Compliance Enforcement. The government has two years to complete this reorganization. Both new agencies will have their own directors who are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. The bill requires the government to create new guidelines for how Homeland Security Investigations conducts its criminal investigations, including rules about surveillance technology and protecting sensitive information. It also requires the government to review how Homeland Security Investigations works compared to other federal law enforcement agencies to avoid duplication in areas like human trafficking, drug crimes, and financial crimes.

For most people, this reorganization won't have an immediate visible impact on their daily lives. However, the intent appears to be separating criminal investigations from immigration enforcement so that these two different law enforcement functions don't interfere with each other. The bill includes standard provisions ensuring that existing court cases, contracts, and legal agreements continue as they are during the transition. The reorganization is essentially an internal restructuring of how federal agencies are organized, though supporters might argue it could affect how immigration enforcement is conducted once the agencies are separated.

ICE Security Reform Act of 2025

Garcia, Robert

ICE Security Reform Act of 2025This bill requires the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to operate Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) as a separate entity within DHS. The functions of HSI remain the same. HSI is a law enforcement agency that currently operates under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.In addition, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is redesignated as U.S. Immigration Compliance Enforcement.