half of their duties as immigration enforcement, they have 6,000 agents, so if you want to say half of their time is spent doing investigating immigration crimes, then i guess you could say 3,000 of them. >> pete: 3,000 or 6,000 is not a lot compared to other agencies, but talk to me about your work on the ground every day, you are accused of being a terrace and a thug and inhumane, talk to me about the job of a i.c.e. agent. >> that is obviously ludicrous, because it was born out of 9/11 and one of its primaries responsibilities is counterterrorism, national security. they have the second largest presence on the federal joint terrorism task force as any other federal agency. not only investigate immigration crimes related to national security threats, but they also investigate customs violations related a to the same thing. so export violation and export of technology that are going to