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ICE and Florida Department of Law Enforcement announce statewide activation of Secure Communities to prioritize, identify and remove criminal aliens
June 29, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
The new biometric information sharing capability is now in every Florida county, helping federal immigration officials identify and remove convicted criminal aliens.
Knox County first in Tennessee to benefit from ICE strategy to enhance the identification, removal of criminal aliens
June 17, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Today, U.S. ICE began using a new biometric information sharing capability in Knox County that helps federal immigration officials identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime.
ICE arrests 72 during 2-week operation targeting immigration fugitives
June 2, 2010
|Operational
Local U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) fugitive operations teams arrested 72 foreign nationals in the Chicago area during a two-week-long enforcement action targeting immigration fugitives and criminal aliens.
Stolen pre-Columbian artifacts returned to Peru by ICE
June 2, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Agents initiated an investigation after the pre-Columbian artifacts were seen on eBay.
Ancient Chinese fossils returned
May 26, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton returned dozens of Paleozoic Era fossils that were sent through the mail from China and seized after an ICE investigation.
Previously deported Mexican national sentenced to 8 years for re-entering the US
May 20, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
A criminal alien in Houston, who had been previously deported to Mexico in 2008, was sentenced in federal court on Friday to eight years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE.
ICE deports alien gang member wanted for murder in Mexico
May 17, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) late on Friday deported a gang member wanted in Mexico for a 2009 murder and aggravated theft associated with the murder.
Assault rifles and drugs seized in Detroit following search warrant
May 14, 2010
|Transnational Gangs
AK-47s, pistols and other rifles along with drugs, digital scales and other drug paraphernalia were seized Thursday by ICE agents in Detroit.
ICE returns Salvadoran artifacts
May 12, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Dozens of ancient artifacts were seized in an investigation into an international smuggling ring that sold antiquities via the Internet. ICE returned many of the seized items to El Salvador in a special ceremony.
137 criminal aliens arrested in Ohio during ICE's Operation Cross Check
May 4, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrested 137 criminal aliens and fugitives in central and southern Ohio over a four-day period ending late Monday.

The operation targeted foreign-born criminals and fugitives in violation of immigration laws. The arrests were made in the Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati metro areas.

Removing criminal aliens is a top ICE priority," said Rebecca Adducci, field office director for the ICE Office of Detention and Removal Operations (DRO) for Michigan and Ohio.

596 criminal aliens arrested in targeted ICE operation throughout the southeastern US
April 29, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE and its law enforcement partners arrested 596 criminal aliens in the biggest 3-day targeted operation focusing on at-large criminal aliens in the southeastern United States.
28 arrested in Chicago area during ICE operation targeting gang members
April 29, 2010
|Transnational Gangs
A 3-day enforcement operation targeting violent criminal gang members in the Chicago area resulted in 28 arrests.
Dallas gang member sentenced to 20 years for assaulting federal officers
April 18, 2010
|Transnational Gangs
Rene Salazar, 20, of Dallas, was sentenced April 19 by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay, Northern District of Texas, to 20 years in prison. Salazar was convicted at trial in January on two counts of assaulting a federal officer, and one count of possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.
2 Cuban nationals involved in Haulover beach vessel grounding are charged with migrant smuggling
April 14, 2010
|Human Smuggling/Trafficking

MIAMI - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) special agents arrested Tuesday two Cuban nationals on federal criminal charges for their involvement in the April 12 migrant smuggling venture which resulted in the landing of 15 migrants and the grounding of a multi-million dollar yacht on Haulover Beach, Fla.

The criminal complaint charges Janoy Garcia-Prieto, 22, and Renier Perez-Hernandez, 24, both of Miami, with alien smuggling.

Pre-Columbian skulls returned to Peru
April 5, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations

A dozen 1,400-year-old skulls smuggled into the United States were returned to Peru after an ICE investigation.

ICE statement in response to March 27 Washington Post article
March 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton issues statement in response to Washington Post article on agency enforcement efforts.

ICE statement in response to March 27 Washington Post article
March 26, 2010
|Statement
ICE Assistant Secretary John Morton issues statement in response to Washington Post article on agency enforcement efforts.
37 arrested in San Diego area enforcement surge
March 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Officers escort man arrested during operation targeting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives. Most of those arrested had criminal records in addition to being in the country illegally.
ICE recovers Klee painting stolen from a Manhattan art gallery
March 24, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
Bildnis in der Laube (Portrait in the Garden), a 1930 painting by Swiss artist Paul Klee, was reported stolen to the Art Loss Registry in 1989 and reported by an art gallery in Canada.
ICE returns Egyptian sarcophagus
March 9, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A 3,000-year-old wooden sarcophagus, seized in Miami, was returned to Egypt in a ceremony at the National Geographic Society after a 2-year international investigation.
Accused murderer of 17-year-old boy deported to Mexico
March 5, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

DALLAS - A man who was wanted in Mexico for allegedly killing a 17-year-old boy in 2005 was deported on Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Juan Jose Lopez-Juarez, 36, a Mexican national, was turned over to Mexican authorities March 4 at the Laredo, Texas, port of entry. The Mexican Procuraduría General de la República (PGR) took custody of Lopez-Juarez, who was wanted for homicide in the State of Michoacán, Mexico.

Pendant engraved with image of Peter the Great returned to Russian authorities
March 4, 2010
|Cultural Property, Art and Antiquities Investigations
A silver pendant with the image of Peter the Great was among 200 items stolen from Russia's State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg in 2006. ICE recovered the pendant in Seattle and returned it to Russia.
Twice-deported Mexican national indicted for illegal re-entry
March 1, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - A twice-deported criminal alien from Mexico was indicted on Monday in federal court for illegally re-entering the United States. The indictment resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S.

ICE arrests 49 in operation targeting immigration fugitives, criminals
February 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
Of the 49 arrested, 20 were arrested based on their prior criminal histories; some of their convictions and arrests include: carrying a concealed weapon, drug possession cocaine, fourth degree sexual assault, felony fraud, multiple OWIs (Operating while Intoxicated), and possession of methamphetamine. Of the 20 criminal aliens arrested, 18 are illegal aliens and two are U.S. permanent residents (green card holders) whose previous criminal convictions make them eligible for deportation.
284 arrested in Texas operation targeting criminal aliens
February 26, 2010
|Enforcement and Removal
In Operation Cross Check, a three-day enforcement surge in Texas, ICE and its law enforcement partners arrested 284 at-large criminal aliens.
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