News Releases and Statements

Authorities announced Friday that the number felony prosecutions in the Eastern District of California in fiscal year 2010 for illegal re-entry after deportation hit their highest level in at least 12 years.

A five-time deported criminal alien, who also brandished a firearm during a local robbery, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to more than nine years in prison.

Two Mexican nationals, who had previously been deported from the United States, each pleaded guilty in unrelated cases on Jan. 5 in federal court to illegally reentering the country. Both convictions stem from police traffic stops, and both investigations were jointly conducted with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

Ronald Smith, 51, a citizen of Jamaica who was previously deported, was sentenced Wednesday to 54 months in federal prison, following an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Florida Highway Patrol and the Social Security Administration.

On Tuesday, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) began using a federal information sharing capability in Licking County, Ohio, that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime.

U.S. ICE began using a federal information-sharing capability in Pettis County that helps federal immigration officials use biometrics to identify aliens, both lawfully and unlawfully present in the United States, who are booked into local law enforcement's custody for a crime. This capability is part of Secure Communities...

Ninety-three of the 95 individuals arrested had been convicted of crimes ranging from attempted murder to child neglect.

Last week in a three-day enforcement operation throughout Maryland, 18 immigration fugitives and immigration violators, almost all convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), were arrested by officers with ICE's ERO.

During a four-day targeted enforcement operation throughout Colorado ending Friday, 85 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A Pakistani national convicted for conspiracy to levy war against the U. S government through terrorism was removed Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami.

A total of 16 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested following a four-day enforcement operation in the Reno area carried out by officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A total of 13 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested following a four-day enforcement operation in eastern Idaho carried out by officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Operation RAPID -- the largest ICE operation of its kind -- nets 54 arrests of previously deported criminal aliens in the New York City area.

Six convicted criminals residing in Miami were arrested on Tuesday by officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in an enforcement operation targeting convicted criminal aliens identified with being in violation of U.S. immigration law.

A man who was wanted in Mexico for allegedly killing a man in 2004 was deported on Wednesday by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A criminal alien, who had been previously deported to Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to two years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

ICE agents and officers teamed with local law enforcement officials during Operation SOAR (Sexual Offender Alien Removal).

Agustin Rivera-Santana, 53, a Mexican citizen illegally in the United States and most recently residing in Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported following conviction for an aggravated felony offense.

A Somali-born Canadian national - who received military training at an al-Qaeda terrorist camp, met with and attended lectures by Osama bin Laden, and provided security guard services and money to al-Qaeda - was deported to Canada on Friday by agents with the U.S. ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have arrested and processed 32 convicted criminal aliens for removal from the United States during a three-week Criminal Alien Program (CAP) operation that ended late last week. This law enforcement action focused on ""at large"" criminal aliens residing within the community."

With the expansion of the biometric information-sharing capability throughout Texas, ICE is now using it in 659 jurisdictions in 32 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond to all fingerprint matches generated nationwide through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

In the largest operation throughout Colorado this year, 78 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested last week during a three-day targeted enforcement operation/

More than 30 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators are facing deportation and criminal charges following a four-day enforcement operation spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations Teams (FOTs) in the Atlanta area.

An Albanian national who fled to the United States to avoid a prison sentence on murder charges in his native country was turned over to Albanian authorities Friday following his capture by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A total of 39 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators are facing deportation following a three-day enforcement operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams (FOTs) in San Diego County last week.