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enforces

1 : to give force to : wordSTRENGTHENword
2 : to urge with energy
3 : wordCONSTRAIN/word, wordCOMPEL/word
4 obsolete : to effect or gain by force
5 : to carry out effectively <enforce laws>
Middle English, from Middle French enforcier, from Old French, from en- + force force
by Enforcer July 28, 2003
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement

(US GOVERNMENT) Agency created in 2003 by merging the enforcement arm of the former Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) with that of the US Customs Service (see Customs and Border Protection {CPB}). It is part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

The ICE employs 19,000 people worldwide and has a budget of about $5.7 billion (comparable to the military budget of Algeria or Norway). It is responsible for Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) of removable aliens.

The ICE also violates international laws on human rights by deporting immigrants (legal or not) accused of a crime (this is known as exile and violates international norms of criminal justice). This program is called "Secure Communities" and of course only makes communities a lot LESS secure; it has exiled over 14,000 immigrants for petty offices such as traffic violations.

The dog-and-pony show of the ICE is its Office of Investigations (OI). This "investigates, deters and interdicts ...arms and strategic technology exports, ...money laundering, ...media piracy, smuggling (contraband, narcotics and aliens), immigration fraud, transnational gangs, ...child exploitation and pornography..." The OI basically issues press releases for publication as "news" by lazy newsmedia. The fact remains that human trafficking is a tiny affair with few reliably documented cases, and the US is not dependent on imported porn.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement is a surplus agency of the US government that mostly duplicates the efforts of Customs and Border Protection and Citizenship and Immigration Services. It operates a gigantic, corporate-run incarceration system that surpasses anything Kafka, Orwell, or Solzhenitsyn ever wrote about.
by Primus Intra Pares June 19, 2010
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Foetal Enforcer

It's been so long, my Sergeant Johnson was just promoted to Foetal Enforcer.
by |nyquist| February 20, 2011
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Parking enforcement

Basically a nice way of saying "parking duty". These usually consist of lazy or fat cops who don't have what it takes to be a real cop on patrol. These are usually the little bastards that give you parking tickets because it is pretty much their only jurisdiction.
Wife; How was work?
Husband; Good
Wife; What'd you do? Did you get any arrest?
Husband; Yeah, I arrested someone for stealing a traffic cone.
Wife; That's lame
Husband; Honey I was on parking enforcement though because I don't have what it takes to be a real cop.
Wife; That's alright, you've already proved in the bedroom that you didn't have what it takes.
Husband; !!!!!
by Crediblesea June 2, 2018
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The Enforcer

One of the most ruthless gamers of all time. He has enforced noobs sooooo bad that it is said the tears of noobs is what fuels his insatiable hunger for blood. It Is rumored that his name is Michael and that he got the nickname from doing hood rat shit with his friends.
(Noob) why did you kill me man? (The Enforcer) you just got enforced kid!!!!
by MC MMA July 31, 2018
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black people enforcer

A synonym for the Gravity Hammer in Halo 3. Called the black people enforcer because in can break and throw Master Chief's armor which is 1.0324 times as strong as the average black's skin.
by GodsOfWar July 10, 2009
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Enforced Arch

Enforced Arch is a term used to inspire the dance community to ask hypothetically, “What does it mean to be in forced arch?” Traditionally known for being a popular dance position in Modern Dance Vocabulary. Now claimed by compassionate artists in the dance community! What potential does this powerful position have?

Literally we arrive on our toes, yet bent at the knees and think, “should I leave it at that or challenge why the hell I’ve arrived here?” We hear our mentors ask us to be intelligent dancers and choreographers but what does that mean? How does one become an intelligent communicator?

By using our unique talents we can bring life to ecological & social issues and create respect and compassion for all living things. Enforced Arch is a term for the intelligent dancer who seeks movements in which we can enforce how we utilize our position of being “in forced arch.”

The most common example of dancers living Enforced Arch is by embracing a vegan lifestyle.
By being Enforced Arch I will inspire future generations to adopt a compassionate lifestyle.
by Enforced Arch December 31, 2010
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