Attorney General Sessions Announces Expansion and Modernization of Program to Deport Criminal Aliens Housed in Federal Correctional Facilities

The DOJ expanded the Institutional Hearing Program (IHP) to 14 Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and 6 BOP contract facilities. The IHP identifies removable criminal aliens at federal correctional facilities, provides in-person and VTC removal proceedings, and removes the individual at end of the sentence.