News Releases and Statements

Thirty-one defendants were indicted for their roles in a $1 million drug trafficking conspiracy that distributed at least 15 kilograms of methamphetamine, as well as cocaine and marijuana. These charges resulted from an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI); the Jackson County Drug Task Force; the Kansas City...

Luis Ahorrio of Queens, New York was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he attempted to drive more than 300 grams of crack cocaine through Maryland, following an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

David John Hammeren, a former Los Angeles police officer and special forces medic, was sentenced on Wednesday to serve 17 years in federal prison for receiving child pornography, following an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Herman H. Kamphuis, 43, of Cedar Springs, Mich., is in federal custody, charged with attempted sexual exploitation of a minor for unlawful sexual activity, after he traveled from his home to Columbus, Ohio, to have sex with two pre-teen girls.

Michael Allen Alper, 35, of Silver Spring, Md., was sentenced Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Roger W. Titus to 14 years in prison, followed by supervised release for life, for coercing a minor to engage in sex. He also admitted to raping a 14-year-old girl. Judge Titus ordered that upon his release from prison, Alper must register as a sex offender in the place where he resides, where he is an employee and where he is a student, under the Sex Offender Registration and Notification Act (SORNA).

The Karnes County Civil Detention Center is a 608-bed civil immigration detention facility, designed to house adult male, low-risk, minimum security detainees.

Daniel Nowakowski of Orchard Park, N.Y., who was convicted of possession of child pornography, was sentenced to 60 months in prison and five years of supervised release. The sentence is the result of an investigation conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Alejo Arellano-Flores, a Mexican national residing in Silver Spring, Md. wanted in his native country for homicide, was turned over to Mexican law enforcement representatives Monday evening by officers from ICE's ERO.

Jeffrey Price of Riverton, Ill., was sentenced Tuesday to 18 years in prison for producing and possessing child pornography. Price produced sexually explicit photographs of an eleven-year-old girl and also possessed more than 900 images and 20 movies that depict children engaged in sexually explicit activity.

Employees and visitors to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) headquarters in Washington, D.C., can now take a brief walk back in time to learn about the agency's history and its evolution to today. With the snip of a ribbon, ICE Director John Morton officially opened the ICE Gallery March 13.

Moreno Delgado has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges stemming from his role in a scheme to sell fraudulently obtained California driver's licenses to ineligible individuals. This case is the product of an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the California Department of Motor Vehicles.

Fernando Garcia, 40, of Odem, Texas, was given the statutory maximum 240-month sentence by Senior U.S. District Judge Janis Graham Jack; she also ordered Garcia to serve a lifetime of supervised release and register as a sex offender.

"Three Detroit-area businesses, Rizzo Services, United Lawnscape Inc. and QPS, have partnered with ICE by joining the agency's employment compliance program IMAGE, or ""ICE Mutual Agreement between Government and Employers."""

A notorious south Texas Gulf Cartel 'Plaza Boss' pleaded guilty on Monday to participating in a long-term drug conspiracy, announced U.S Attorney Kenneth Magidson, Southern District of Texas.

A two-count complaint charged Nathan Brown of Dolgeville, N.Y., with producing and possessing child pornography due to an investigation being conducted by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Timothy Valdez, 36, of Modesto, Calif., was taken into custody Saturday by HSI special agents for production of material involving the sexual exploitation of minors. The ABC-TV affiliate in Washington, D.C., WJLA-TV, aired a story last week about the search for the unidentified suspect, which led to a viewer calling HSI's tip line. The "John Doe" photo also appeared on the America's Most Wanted website.

Bernardo Israel Enciso-Mejia, a native and citizen of Mexico living in Buena Vista, Va. who had illegally reentered the United States on multiple prior occasions, was sentenced Friday in federal court in Lynchburg on charges related to another illegal reentry in a case investigated by ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Dionisio Anaya-Velarde, a Mexican national convicted of sex crimes against children, was returned to his home country March 7 by officers with ICE's Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO).

Michael S. Starowicz was sentenced on Friday to 21 years and 10 months in federal prison following his guilty plea in November 2011 to two counts of receiving child pornography. Starowicz was caught after Fort Worth police officers responded to a ""peeping tom"" call at a residence in Fort Worth.

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested Edwin Jurado-Nazario, an Army reservist and former commanding officer of the Naval Sea Cadet Corps Battalion, on Friday for production and possession of child pornography.

Gary Kleibert, a former teacher with Utica Community Schools, was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison on child pornography charges.

Jin Zheng, the co-owner and operator of the Asia Gift Shop in Tampa, was sentenced Thursday to two years in prison for trafficking in counterfeit goods, following an investigation by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

A federal grand jury in Denver on Friday indicted two men, Kizzy Kalu and Philip Langerman, for charges related to human trafficking. Kalu and Langerman were involved in a scheme making false representations to foreign nationals, to the State of Colorado, to the United States, and to others to obtain money under false and fraudulent pretenses...

Former Cal State assistant professor Kenneth Martin Kyle was sentenced Thursday to 450 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to charges stemming from a probe by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the FBI that revealed he traveled from San Francisco to St. Louis to sexually abuse an infant victim.