Joint Base Lewis-McChord Supporting ICE Operations

The JBLM Protection Division, led by Daniel L. Vessels [daniel.l.vessels.civ [at] army.mil] reported that DES gathers intelligence about activities in the civilian community and shares that information with their law enforcement and government partners - including ICE. Theodore W. Solonar [theodore.w.solonar.civ [at] army.mil] the Deputy Director of the JBLM DES stated that while JBLM takes no direct action to apprehend "illegals" in the civilian community, the DES does share information obtained from FLOCK camera data feeds, analysis of social media, and monitoring of electronic communications such as email and cell-phone conversations with ICE and other federal agencies. JBLM highlighted the efforts of DES Intelligence Analyst Alva Limon [alvamariel.limon.civ [at] army.mil] and DES Police Commander Timothy S. Reasoner [timothy.s.reasoner.civ [at] army.mil] in providing information to ICE which has aided in the apprehension of illegal aliens "from Seattle to Portland".