05/1996 to 01/2008 Deportation Officer Department Of Homeland Security | Guaynabo, PR, As a  Deportation Officer I performed law enforcement duties to investigate, identify, locate, arrest, detain, prosecute, and remove foreign nationals who pose a threat to national security and public safety; conducting complex investigations, executing arrests, preparing cases for prosecution, and managing the detention and removal of aliens in the U.S. by working with foreign, federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.  I coordinated and negotiated with domestic and foreign law enforcement agencies to manage the detention and removal of aliens in the U.S.; and share compiled actionable intelligence information with law enforcement intelligence communities;Identify violators of immigration laws through the use of investigative methods and techniques as well as determining citizenship, to include gathering facts and evidence pertaining to aliens that pose a threat to national security and/or public safety. I interviewed suspects to gather critical information and evidence, as well as processing, detaining, and transporting aliens throughout the legal process; and initiated both criminal and civil prosecutions and deported aliens to foreign countries as well as performing various aspects of custodial operations related to civil immigration enforcement.