News Releases and Statements

The updates make it easier to search for nonimmigrant students by SEVIS ID numbers and work with lists of nonimmigrant students within SEVIS. For the first time since SEVIS was launched in 2003, SEVIS users will be able to open a nonimmigrant record from any list in SEVIS, take action on that record and return directly to the same list.

Javier Diaz-Diaz, 41, aka Enrique Anaya-Velasquez, was transferred to the custody of representatives from the Mexican Attorney General's Office. In a warrant issued by authorities in the state of Jalisco in 2009, Diaz-Diaz is accused of raping two women in separate incidents.

Laron Darrell Carter, aka 'Birdd,' 36, of Gardena, Calif., is charged in a criminal complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum sentence of 10 years and a statutory maximum penalty of life in federal prison.

Sylvespa Eugene Adams, aka 'Sylvesta Adams, Pa and Paw,' 31, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Sam A. Lindsay to 210 months in federal prison.

In remembering the terrible events of the Rwandan genocide, ICE remains vigilant to all expressions of hatred, persecution and tyranny and affirms its commitment to seek justice for victims of the Rwandan genocide and other human rights atrocities around the world.

April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month, which is a good time to visit the ICE exhibit and see the highway sign that represents Operation Sunflower, a child exploitation case led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Matthew Cenac faces a maximum possible sentence of 10 years in prison, if convicted.

As part of the effort, Cumulus will air on their four western New York stations a 60-second PSA, which features HSI Buffalo Special Agent in Charge James Spero discussing some basic tips on how parents and young people can avoid online predators.

Hao Yang, 25, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz, who also entered an order that Yang forfeit five bank accounts worth more than $59,000, a 2010 Acura purchased with proceeds of the crime, and counterfeit computer software, DVDs, sports jerseys and other items valued at approximately $280,720.

Libia Hernandez-Garcia, 60, was originally indicted by a federal grand jury in Denver May 21, 2013. Her indictment remained sealed until she was arrested in Miami Feb. 26, 2014. A superseding indictment was filed Feb. 25.

Didier De Nier, 63, who lived in Simi Valley until he fled the U.S. nearly two years ago, was found guilty Wednesday of five counts of wire fraud and one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States.

Silvestre Barrera-Villegas 52, of Camargo, Mexico, was sentenced Thursday to 130 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez. Since he is not a U.S. citizen, Barrera-Villegas is also expected to face deportation proceedings after he's released from prison. He pleaded guilty to the drug-trafficking charges Jan. 29.

HSI New Orleans launched the iGuardian campaign in Louisiana Wednesday with the first presentation in the state before approximately 150 middle school students at St. Cletus Catholic School in Gretna.

The popularity of massive open online courses (MOOCs) is on the rise for students around the world. These classes are taught exclusively online and are often free of cost. They have very high enrollments - sometimes hundreds or thousands of students.

Tyrell Daniels, 20, of Abilene, Texas, has been in custody since his arrest in November 2013 on a related federal criminal complaint. A federal grand jury indicted him later that month on one count of enticing a child, and one count of producing child pornography.

The following five men were arrested March 19: Jose Aviles-Villa, 34, Jonathan Solorzano-Tavila, 28, Antonio Barruquet-Hildeberta, 40, Jose Cesmas-Borja, 22, and Eugenio Sesmas-Borja, 20. On that date, 115 illegal aliens were discovered in a stash house on Almeda School Road in Houston.

HSI special agents arrested Roberto Quiles-Ayala, 24, after a federal grand jury charged him with transporting a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Peter Smith Santos Aguilar-De Leon, 29, a native and citizen of Mexico, unlawfully residing in the United States, was charged in a one-count indictment April 16 by a federal grand jury in Harrisburg.

Bobby Cruz, 34, pleaded guilty in September to one count of interstate travel to engage in sex with a minor and two counts of producing child pornography. This plea agreement resolved separate federal cases that were brought in both the Northern and Central districts of Illinois.

The story features a case referred to the HSI Cyber Crimes Center (C3) by Danish police in September 2012, which uncovered child abuse images on the Darknet's The Onion Router, or Tor, that were believed to have originated in the United States.

The 9-by-12 inch oil depicting Jesus ascending into heaven with the apostles kneeling below is painted on a wooden oval board and held in a silver and gold-plated frame.

Jordan Schoo, 34, who resided in both Nampa and Grangeville, pleaded guilty to the charge last March.

During the conference, law enforcement agencies, including the Australian Federal Police, Europol, India's Central Bureau of Investigation, Interpol, the Italian State Police and the United Kingdom's Metropolitan Police gave presentations to the gathered attendees on various anti-trafficking strategies.

Of the individuals taken into custody, all were criminal aliens whose convictions include: driving while intoxicated (DWI) and felony DWI (three or more convictions), assault with bodily injury, burglary, theft, injury to a child, failure to identify, and others.

Scott Deppish, 43, from Junction City, Kan., pleaded guilty to one count of accessing child pornography with intent to view.