News Releases and Statements

ICE provided an overview to stakeholders this week on the recently announced ERO eFile, a new web-based paperless system for immigration attorneys and accredited representatives to provide information about their eligibility to act on behalf of noncitizens in ICE custody through secure online communications.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Edimir Gustavo Eckelberg, 62, from the United States to Brazil Jan. 26. Eckelberg had been sought by Brazilian law enforcement authorities since his conviction for rape of a vulnerable child in May 2023.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and South Korea.

On Aug. 2, 2023, HSI agents notified the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Apprehension Team that they had discovered Joshuah Cruz Eberhart, 25, of Clay Springs, was distributing child sex abuse material online.

Francisco Xavier Martins, 43, convicted of rape in Brazil, unlawfully entered the United States in May 2018 to avoid serving his prison sentence. Brazilian authorities have been seeking his custody since March 2019, and deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested him Dec. 5, 2023, in Malden.

The leaders discussed myriad issues, but the most pressing matter was how ERO Baltimore and Montgomery County can more effectively communicate about enforcing U.S. immigration law.

Engagement with elected officials is imperative to the business of government.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Patrick J. Lechleitner met with House Committee on Homeland Security Ranking Member Bennie G. Thompson yesterday.

ICE, a component agency of DHS, working in close coordination across the Department including with CBP, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units February 26 - 28.

The three women were charged with felony child endangerment; the alleged father was charged with manslaughter, three counts of second degree child abuse, and child endangerment.

Walter Gomes DaSilva, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to an additional decade in prison following his current state sentence.

ICE continues to modernize the immigration system and realize cost efficiencies across the operational landscape while continuing to work with DHS leadership and Congress to secure resources.

ICE ERO announced today a new web-based paperless system for immigration attorneys and accredited representatives to provide information about their eligibility to act on behalf of noncitizens in ICE custody through secure online communications. ERO eFile is another step in the agency’s commitment to modernizing the immigration system.

ICE ERO officers apprehended eight unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders as part of a nation-wide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

The South Texas Family Residential Center historically housed noncitizens in family groups.

On Feb. 21, ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present 34-year-old citizen of Guatemala in Gloucester who was recently convicted locally of indecent assault and battery on a child under the age of 14.

ICE's ERO Philadelphia removed Miramar Martins De Brito, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil on Feb. 23. Martins is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for drug trafficking.

In January 2023, ERO Baltimore lodged an immigration detainer against the Honduran noncitizen with the Montgomery County Detention Center in Rockville. However, the Montgomery County Detention Center refused to honor the detainer and released the noncitizen from custody three weeks later.

ICE ERO Philadelphia removed Miguel Angel Hernandez Moreno, a citizen of Colombia with a final order of removal, to Colombia on Feb. 13.

ICE ERO Seattle arrested 12 noncitizens with sex offense-related convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Mexico who was convicted locally of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended him Feb. 21 in Waltham.

ICE ERO New Orleans officers apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

ERO officers apprehended 25 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders throughout Colorado as part of a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

ICE ERO officers apprehended 36 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.