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The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States.

The 37-year-old foreign national unlawfully entered the United States near San Luiz, Arizona, in January 2022. U.S. Border Patrol arrested him and served him a notice to appear before an immigration judge.

On Nov. 19, 2021, the 31-year-old noncitizen was removed from the United States to El Salvador as an aggravated felon after a judge in the U.S. District Court in Jefferson County, Colorado, convicted him of stalking-emotional distress; invasion of privacy-sex gratification; and burglary in the second degree on July 11, 2016.

The 23-year-old citizen of Jamaica was originally authorized to enter the United States under a temporary tourist visa for a limited time but remained beyond the terms of his visa.

Robin Salinas Macal, 30, a Mexican national, was removed after having recently served time at the Federal Detention Center in Honolulu for distribution of narcotics.

Rami Abuziyad, 42, entered the United States at the Memphis International Airport in Tennessee on Dec. 20, 2004, as a nonimmigrant with authorization to remain in the United States until June 19, 2005.

The 41-year-old citizen of Guatemala originally entered the United States unlawfully three times in 2001. The U.S. Border Patrol apprehended him on all three occasions and he voluntarily returned each time.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) conducted multiple removal flights including Ecuador, Guatemala and Honduras as part of dozens of flights conducted each week.

ERO New York City apprehended 10 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of various felony offenses, including rape and homicide, between May 1 and May 4.

ICE conducted multiple removal flights today, including El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Israel, as part of dozens of flights conducted each week.

The 23-year-old native of Praia, Cape Verde, entered the U.S. under a conditional status in February 2017, and had that status revoked by immigration officials in 2020.

ERO Philadelphia completed Operation Cross Check on May 15, a ten-day surge operation that resulted in 29 noncitizens with criminal convictions in Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Delaware being detained.

ERO Boston arrested a Portuguese national who was convicted and sentenced to prison for drug trafficking in Portugal on May 11.

USBP officials arrested Antonio Rodenas Hinostroza, 45, on April 18, 2022, for illegally entering the United States near Yuma, Arizona.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted multiple removal flights on Friday, including to Colombia, El Salvador and Honduras, as part of dozens of flights conducted each week.

Daniel Alberto Arape Teran, 35, was escorted to a commercial flight to Caracas, Venezuela.

ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the SAFE Task Force, removed Angel Morales Colores, a 46-year-old Mexican fugitive, from the United States on May 11. Morales is wanted in Mexico for aggravated homicide.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States.

ICE's ERO today issued Post Pandemic Emergency Guidelines and Protocols that will increase the number of accessible beds by several thousand. These guidelines reflect the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency and latest guidance from the CDC.

Aiyoub Muftah Alsallak, 30, a citizen of Libya, entered the United States in 2014 under a nonimmigrant student visa. Alsallak did not comply with the terms of his visa, remaining unlawfully in the United States since 2015.

The Brazilian national, 34, is under an active restraining order and was recently indicted on local criminal charges of rape, vandalism and violating an order of protection.

Herman Medina-Diaz was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the El Dorado International Airport in Bogota, Colombia.

The United States has a longstanding policy of removing foreign nationals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States. This policy applies to all noncitizens regardless of nationality.