News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
ICE Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Cyril E. King Airport in St. Thomas on Monday, arrested Manati, Puerto Rico, resident Jesus Mejias-Febles and seized approximately 12 kilograms of cocaine.
The San Juan-based, multi-agency Border Enforcement Security Task Force (BEST) seized approximately 28 kilograms of cocaine Tuesday hidden in a container arriving at the Port of San Juan onboard the M/V Freemantle Express from the Dominican Republic.
A Massachusetts man was sentenced Wednesday to more than 13 years in prison, following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Gulf Coast Border Enforcement Security Taskforce (GC BEST).
Earl Seth David, an attorney based in Canada who headed a New York law firm, pleaded guilty Monday to operating a massive immigration fraud mill through his Manhattan-based practice. This plea comes as a result of an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Department of Labor's Office of Inspector General (DOL-OIG)
A California man and a second defendant in New Jersey were taken into custody Tuesday morning on federal child pornography charges, the latest development in a multi-agency probe targeting a far-reaching pedophile ring that began with the arrest of a recreational youth soccer coach in Calif. and has resulted in the indictment of 18 defendants...
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has announced special relief for certain F-1 Syrian students who have suffered severe economic hardship as a direct result of the civil unrest in Syria since March 2011.
Providing quality health care to detainees in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) custody is an important and challenging task - one that Assistant Director for ICE Health Service Corps (IHSC) Dr. Jon Krohmer takes very seriously.
Tomas Lira Jr., 46, a resident of San Angelo, Texas, has been in custody since his October 2011 arrest.
Luis A. Montalvo-Cruz, a community leader in charge of managing the girls' volleyball team at Residencial Alturas de Isabela, was arrested Saturday on production of child pornography charges following an investigation.
Two U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers will be presented this year's Excellence in Federal Career awards Friday, May 4, by the Baltimore Federal Executive Board (FEB) at the 45th Excellence in Federal Career Awards Luncheon and Ceremony in Maryland.
As part of ICE's ongoing commitment to prioritizing the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, the agency announced today the results of a six-day national 'Cross Check' enforcement operation, which led to the arrest of more than 3,100 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators.
A former National Basketball Association (NBA) player and member of the Puerto Rico basketball national team for several years, was sentenced in federal court Thursday to six months in prison, nine months in a drug rehabilitation facility and four years of supervised release following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations.
Joseph Anthony Kallash pleaded guilty April 2 to sexually exploiting a minor to produce child pornography, after he enticed three teenage girls to skip school and had sex with one of them.
Keller, Texas, resident Marco A. Flores, 19, remains in federal custody pending an April 4 detention hearing before U.S. Magistrate Jeffrey L. Cureton in U.S. District Court in Fort Worth.
Federal and state law enforcement officers including ICE HSI special agents, prosecutors and victim advocates were recognized March 30 by the Maryland U.S. Attorney's Office for their service and commitment to the protection of children through Maryland's Project Safe Childhood and Human Trafficking Task Force.
Christopher Watts, 38, of Windsor, is charged in a criminal complaint. If convicted, he faces a mandatory minimum of 10 years and up to life in federal prison.
George Saigbe Boley, 62, formerly of Hilton, N.Y., arrived in Monrovia, Liberia, at approximately 7:30 p.m. GMT (3:30 p.m. EDT). Boley, the leader of the LPC during the Liberian civil war, was found by an immigration judge Feb. 6, 2012 to be removable from the United States.
A Frederick, Md., man, Roger Francel Evans Jr., was sentenced to eight years in prison for conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine after an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), Federal Bureau of Investigation, Maryland State Police, Frederick County Sheriff's Office...
Two Canadian men are expected to make their initial appearance in federal court Friday afternoon on charges stemming from their alleged role in a complex scheme operating out of Southern California to launder millions of dollars in drug proceeds for a Canada-based narcotics trafficking organization.
Wendell Campbell, a citizen and national of Jamaica wanted in his home country on criminal homicide charges, was removed from the United States Thursday by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) and turned over to the country's law enforcement authorities.
Approximately three dozen men and women were arrested Wednesday for allegedly conducting illegal betting via the Dominican National Lottery. These arrests come as a result of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) with the Rockland County Intelligence Center (RCIC).
A Maryland resident pleaded guilty March 29 to conspiracy to commit access device fraud in connection with a scheme to use skimming devices to obtain debit and credit card account numbers and personal identification numbers.
Rajin A. Latchman was sentenced to federal prison Wednesday after pleading guilty to a conspiracy that involved making false statements in applications to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the creation and transfer of false identification documents, and the altering and transferring of foreign passports.
Federal officers and local police took 23 suspects into custody and executed multiple search warrants Thursday in an enforcement action aimed at dismantling an international drug trafficking organization operating out Snohomish County, Wash.
A Lodi, N.J., man was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison for transporting 13 kilograms of cocaine through Maryland, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Maryland State Police (MSP) and the Cecil County Sheriff's Office.
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