Sabina Willis
Philadelphia
Summary
I have extensive experience in enforcing immigration laws, managing detainee processing, and facilitating the safe and legal removal of individuals from the United States. I am proficient in conducting interviews, preparing case files, and ensuring compliance with federal regulations while maintaining a high level of professionalism, integrity, and confidentiality. Adept at collaborating with law enforcement agencies, legal professionals, to support the efficient execution of deportation orders. I hae strong problem solving abilities, attention to detail, attention to detail, and proven track record of working in high pressure environments while adhering to legal and ethical standards.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
09.2015 - Current
- Responsible for the investigation, identification, location, arrest, prosecution and removal of foreign nationals who pose a threat to national security, public safety and those who illegally enter the U.S with the intent to undermine the integrity of the nation’s immigration laws and border control efforts, focusing on criminal aliens/felons and fugitives
- Experience in identifying and interviewing individuals as potential sources of information for high profile targets and apprehension including aggravated felon re-entries and active gang affiliates developed through human sources such as detainee population, general public, open sources and law enforcement contacts
- Comprehensive knowledge of, and experience in immigration and criminal court procedures, including those within the purview of the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA), United States District Courts and United States Courts of Appeals
- Conduct difficult, complex, and sensitive investigations that require development of new or substantially modified methods in order to resolve anticipated problems for the purpose of identifying violators of immigration laws through the use of investigative methods and techniques
- Interview suspects to gather critical information and evidence, as well as processing, detaining, and transporting aliens throughout the legal process
- Initiate both criminal and civil prosecutions and deport aliens to foreign countries as performing various aspects of custodial operations related to civil immigration enforcement
- Determine citizenship, to include gathering facts and evidence pertaining to aliens who pose a threat to national security and public safety, as well as those that enter the United States illegally with the intent to undermine the integrity of the nation’s immigration laws and border control efforts
- Frequently assist ICE Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Field Operation Units in the identification, apprehension and prosecution of criminal and fugitive aliens who pose a threat to national security and public safety while working with federal, state, local law enforcement agencies and task forces
- Extensive knowledge and experience in conducting complex investigations, surveillance, analyzing evidence and documentation, developing and maintain relationships with local law enforcement counterparts and consular officials, utilization of federal, state and local law enforcement records and databases, gathering, evaluating and reporting actionable intelligence information
- Determined legal sufficiency to identify cases that meet the elements of prosecution discretion (PD) such as DACA, DAPA and targeted enforcement priorities set forth in the November 20, 2014 priority enforcement memo
- Additionally, determined legal sufficiency to identify cases that meet the elements of a federal crime and/or administrative violations and the prosecutorial guidelines of the United States Attorney’s Office and/or ICE Office of Chief Counsel (OCC)
- My main duties under the Non-Detained Docket position was the oversight and management of assigned cases from initial service of an Order of Supervision, Release on Recognizance or Release on Bond through an aliens immigration proceedings, their physical removal from the U.S
- Or conversion to legal status which is inclusive of adults and juvenile aliens
- This would include the oversight of both criminal and non-criminal aliens that have been released from ICE custody by ensuring that Non-Detained aliens comply with all reporting requirements and/or conditions and appropriate action is taken if an alien fails to comply with specified reporting requirements and/or conditions
- I also review and evaluate case histories to make a determination on whether or not an alien may remain at large by summarizing and assessing the conditions of the case for redetermination or modification based on the alien’s likelihood of appearing for hearings, interviews or removal from the U.S
- Assisted with the supervision of five agents by assigning and reviewing daily work
- Served as Acting Supervisory Detention & Deportation Officer (SDDO)
- Identified potential problems and implemented viable solutions to improve the efficiency of the unit
- Routinely interpreted and recommended administrative actions for individual cases
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
04.2023 - 08.2023
- Prepare paperwork for review and adjudication on stays of deportations and parole requests for detained noncitizens
- Communicate the outcome to the attorneys or family members
- Maintained case management for multiple detained dockets for persons incarcerated in Moshannon Valley Processing Center (MVPC)
- Provide asylum officers necessary paperwork for noncitizens who claimed fear and prosecution if removed to their country
- Prepare transport paperwork for noncitizens traveling to asylum hearings, consulate appointments, and escorted/unescorted removals
- Complete travel packets for ICE Air Charter Removals and Escorts out of the Philadelphia AOR
- Prepare and complete High Profile Removal Operational Plans
- Completed Escorted Threat Assessments for Commercial Air Office to schedule escorted and unescorted removals
- Process and prepared paperwork for bonds, writs, and releases while working closely with local law enforcement, families, obligors, and the facility’s transport
- Complete detention paperwork for Post Order Custody Review (POCR) and upload into the ePOCR system
Detention & Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
05.2016 - 02.2017
- The primary purpose of this position is to work in an operations center, providing support on a wide variety of mission areas and ensuring quality of operational reporting from various entities and organizations, collecting and analyzing information, coordinating action, and reporting on day-to-day activities
- As a Detention and Deportation Officer I serve as the expert on program and administrative policies and requirements for nationwide enforcement programs to coordinate the establishment of goals, objectives, and long-range plans as well as specific functions and programs
- Typical work assignments include:
- Determining and making recommendations concerning the strategic objectives of enforcement programs and the means of their attainment;
- Conducting reviews of ongoing operations, ensuring compliance with policies and procedures, and determining and making substantive recommendations for improvements;
- Serving as liaison to other agencies, at conferences, and on boards or other committees, presenting the Department of Homeland Security's viewpoint and negotiating tentative solutions to enforcement problems;
- Making field inspections to ensure compliance with policies and procedures, furnishing leadership and guidance to field officers, and resolving problems requiring interpretation and application of policy and complex phases of the law;
- Preparing instructions to field offices, ensuring that staff officers are kept informed of changes in policies and procedures, and providing timely advice on conditions or situations which would have a bearing on operations in jurisdictional areas
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
01.2016 - 03.2016
- While detailed on the Alternative to Detention Program (ATD), I provided expert interpretation and application of law, regulations, and policy
- I reviewed Area of Responsibility (AOR) generated emergency reports and dockets; provided training to field level personnel in the electronic monitoring system, served as a liaison to filed operations, and review internal and external detained cases for appropriate ATD consideration
- I perform case management of alien custody, making recommendations regarding appropriate action based on a comprehensive knowledge of case histories; conduct difficult, complex, and sensitive investigations, preparing investigative reports, conducting legal research to support decisions on deportation or exclusion cases
Education
Master's degree - Master of Business Administration, Health Care Management
University of Phoenix
Phoenix, AZ11.2006
Skills
- Immigration laws
- Cultural sensitivity
- Investigative techniques
- Maintaining confidentiality
- Policy enforcement
- Time management
- Document verification
- Time management abilities
- Active listening
- Problem-solving
- Task prioritization
- Written communication
Availability
Permanent, Full-time
Timeline
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
04.2023 - 08.2023
Detention & Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
05.2016 - 02.2017
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
01.2016 - 03.2016
Deportation Officer
Department of Homeland Security
09.2015 - Current
Master's degree - Master of Business Administration, Health Care Management
University of Phoenix
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