News Releases and Statements

Dariusz Wietocha, a Polish national who is wanted in his home country for manslaughter, was deported and turned over to Polish law enforcement officials Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A previously deported Mexican national was sentenced this week to more than four years in prison for illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

Aldo Guadalupe Hernandez-Ramirez, the second-in-command of the Latin Kings gang in Bryan, Texas, was arrested by fugitive operations officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Thursday.

As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 36 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a five-day operation in the Gulf Coast area.

A Slovenian national, who is wanted in his native country for blackmail, was deported Tuesday by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

The goal of this operation, dubbed "SOAR" (Sex Offender Alien Removal), was to identify, locate and arrest aliens who have convictions for sex crimes, especially sex crimes against children.

Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Tuesday deported a man from El Salvador who was wanted for aggravated homicide in his home country.

As part of U.S. ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 37 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a three-day operation in the Chicago area.

Sokrat Stambolliu, an Albanian national residing in Dedham, Mass., who was wanted in his home country on murder charges, was turned over to Albanian law enforcement authorities this morning at the Tirana International Airport Nene Tereza in Tirana, Albania.

Jose Angel Lopez-Garcia, a Mexican national who was encountered by U.S. ICE's Secure Communities program, was sentenced Thursday to time served for illegally reentering the United States after deportation. He pleaded guilty to the charge Aug. 20.

A Mexican national pleaded guilty today to one count of illegally reentering the United States after deportation. He faces up to two years in federal prison and a $250,000 fine.

A citizen and national of El Salvador and a member of the MS-13 street gang who was previously convicted of sexually assaulting a child in Fairfax County, Va., was sentenced to 12 months in federal prison today for illegally reentering the United States after having been previously deported.

"Officers of ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore Fugitive Operations teams arrested 17 public safety threats in Prince George's County, Md., and surrounding areas as part of a three-day ""Cross Check"" enforcement operation targeting at-large criminal aliens and immigration fugitives."

Tommaso Accetta, 44, had been arrested and convicted on three different occasions in New York. The latest conviction was for larceny and criminal possession of stolen property. He was subsequently sentenced to 30 days in prison. ERO officers encountered Accetta at Rikers Island April 3, 2012.

As part of ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 28 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a five-day operation in northeastern Wisconsin which ended Tuesday.

A convicted felon from Mexico, Osbaldo Carrillo-Peralta, was sentenced Monday to 2 1/2 years in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after having been twice deported. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations' (ERO) and Mercer County Sheriff's Office.

A Mexican national, murder suspect captured in northern California last month was turned over to Mexican law enforcement personnel Friday at the San Ysidro border crossing by officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations.

A German national wanted in his native country for allegedly using his Florida financial firm to orchestrate a pyramid scheme that defrauded European investors out of more than $100 million was deported Friday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and turned over to German authorities.

Yael Sanchez-Correa, a Dominican Republic national wanted in Massachusetts for assault with intent to murder and drug trafficking, was arrested by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations' (ERO) officers Friday in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico.

A man from Poland, convicted of aggravated assault of a child, was deported Aug. 9 and turned over to Polish officials by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

While targeting a previously deported illegal alien, officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) discovered another illegal alien who was in possession methamphetamine and was allegedly operating a 'chop shop' to dismantle stolen cars.

A convicted felon from El Salvador was sentenced Tuesday to seven years and eight months in federal prison for illegally re-entering the United States after having been previously deported four times.

The Department of Homeland Security today provided additional information on the deferred action for childhood arrivals process during a national media call in preparation for the August 15 implementation date.

Last fiscal year, ICE removed 396,906 individuals of which nearly 217,000 were convicted criminals.

Edgar Eduardo Orozco-Abundis, a Mexican national convicted in Nevada for practicing medicine without a license who is also wanted in his native country for fraud, was turned over to Mexican authorities Thursday by officers from ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).