News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
As part of ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced today the results of a six-day national 'Cross Check' enforcement operation, which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators.
Luis A. Montalvo-Cruz, a community leader in charge of managing the girls' volleyball team at Residencial Alturas de Isabela, was arrested Saturday on production of child pornography charges following an investigation.
Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers will be presented this year's Excellence in Federal Career awards Friday, May 4, by the Baltimore Federal Executive Board (FEB) at the 45th Excellence in Federal Career Awards Luncheon and Ceremony in Maryland.
A former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and member of the Puerto Rico basketball national team for several years, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to six months in prison, nine months in a drug rehabilitation facility and four years of supervised release following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
Joseph Anthony Kallash pleaded guilty April 2 to sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography, after he enticed three teenage girls to skip school and had sex with one of them.
Keller, Texas, resident Marco A. Flores, 19, remains in federal custody pending an April 4 detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Jeffrey L. Cureton in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth.
Federal and state law enforcement officers including ICE HSI special agents, prosecutors and victim advocates were recognized March 30 by the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office for their service and commitment to the protection of children through Maryland's Project Safe Childhood and Human Trafficking Task Force.
Christopher Watts, 38, of Windsor, is charged in a criminal complaint. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison.
Two Canadian men are expected to make their initial appearance in federal court Friday afternoon on charges stemming from their alleged role in a complex scheme operating out of Southern California to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds for a Canada-based narcotics trafficking organization.
George Saigbe Boley, 62, formerly of Hilton, N.Y., arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, at approximately 7:30 p.m. GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT). Boley, the leader of the LPC during the Liberian civil war, was found by an immigration judge Feb. 6, 2012 to be removable from the United States.
A Frederick, Md., man, Roger Francel Evans Jr., was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine after an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maryland State Police, Frederick County Sheriff's Office...
Approximately three dozen men and women were arrested Wednesday for allegedly conducting illegal betting via the Dominican National Lottery. These arrests come as a result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the Rockland County Intelligence Center (RCIC).
Rajin A. Latchman was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy that involved making false statements in applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the creation and transfer of false identification documents, and the altering and transferring of foreign passports.
Wendell Campbell, a citizen and national of Jamaica wanted in his home country on criminal homicide charges, was removed from the United States Thursday by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) and turned over to the country's law enforcement authorities.
A Maryland resident pleaded guilty March 29 to conspiracy to commit access device fraud in connection with a scheme to use skimming devices to obtain debit and credit card account numbers and personal identification numbers.
Federal officers and local police took 23 suspects into custody and executed multiple search warrants Thursday in an enforcement action aimed at dismantling an international drug trafficking organization operating out Snohomish County, Wash.
A Lodi, N.J., man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for transporting 13 kilograms of cocaine through Maryland, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Maryland State Police (MSP) and the Cecil County Sheriff's Office.
A northern California man has been charged in a two-count federal indictment for his role in a large-scale interstate marijuana distribution scheme uncovered as part of a probe involving U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and multiple local and state agencies.
Xavier Degollado of McAllen, Texas was sentenced Wednesday to serve 17 ½ years in prison for receiving child pornography, in an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Jorge Roberto Rodriguez Lopez, a Guatemalan national who last resided in Stamford, Conn., was sentenced to 24 months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after deportation. This investigation was conducted by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).
Andrew Cheever of Lowell, Mass., was sentenced in federal court for possession of child pornography. Thousands of child pornography images and videos were found on computers and media in his home.
A former U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) employee pleaded guilty Wednesday to taking part in a fraud scheme involving more than $295,000 in government money.
Moises Velazquez-Jacobo, 36, of Lowville, N.Y., a citizen and national of Mexico, was charged today by a federal grand jury in Syracuse in a five-count indictment. He was arrested March 7, 2012. According to court documents, on two separate dates in January 2012, he knowingly transferred false documents which included false Social Security cards and false alien registration cards, also known as "green cards."
Jose Figueroa Agosto, the leader of the largest drug trafficking organization in the Caribbean, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges in district court Tuesday following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Brandon Keith Jones was sentenced Thursday to 35 years in state prison after pleading guilty to child molestation charges filed in Maricopa County, in a case linked to child pornography investigations in Boston and the Netherlands.
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