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Its primary mission is "to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration."<ref name="overview"></ref>
Its primary mission is "to promote homeland security and public safety through the criminal and civil enforcement of federal laws governing border control, customs, trade, and immigration."<ref name="overview"></ref>
==Seizures==
Since June 2010, IOS has seized 1,630 domain names selling counterfeit goods on the internet.<ref name="ice"></ref> Of the 1,529 seized prior to 2012, 684 have been forfeited to the U.S. government.<ref name="thedomains"></ref> These seizures are carried out under Operation In Our Sites, headed by The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in Washington, D.C., to target websites that distribute counterfeit and pirated goods over the internet.<ref>[http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/factsheets/pdf/operation-in-our-sites.pdf Operation In Our Sites], ICE.gov.</ref>
Since June 2010, IOS has seized 1,630 domain names selling counterfeit goods on the internet.<ref name="ice"></ref> Of the 1,529 seized prior to 2012, 684 have been forfeited to the U.S. government.<ref name="thedomains"></ref> These seizures are carried out under Operation In Our Sites, headed by The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) in Washington, D.C., to target websites that distribute counterfeit and pirated goods over the internet.<ref>[http://www.ice.gov/doclib/news/library/factsheets/pdf/operation-in-our-sites.pdf Operation In Our Sites], ICE.gov.</ref>
After the seizure, the domain names were in the custody of the governments involved; any websites visited by users were forwarded to government servers educating them about the crime of willful copyright infringement.<ref name="ice"></ref><ref name="thedomains"></ref>
After the seizure, the domain names were in the custody of the governments involved; any websites visited by users were forwarded to government servers educating them about the crime of willful copyright infringement.<ref name="ice"></ref><ref name="thedomains"></ref>
===Criticisms===
===Criticisms & Challenges===
In September 2012, three Congressmen -- Zoe Lofgren, Jared Polis, and Jason Chaffetz, quizzed DHS regarding Operation In Our Sites, stating that "if a website's domain is seized, it needs to be given meaningful due process that comports to the US Constitution and US law".<ref name="icequiz"></ref>
In September 2012, three Congressmen -- Zoe Lofgren, Jared Polis, and Jason Chaffetz, quizzed DHS regarding Operation In Our Sites, stating that "if a website's domain is seized, it needs to be given meaningful due process that comports to the US Constitution and US law".<ref name="icequiz"></ref>