News Releases and Statements
News Releases and Statements
U.S. ICE announced today seven major employers in the U.S., including Best Western International, Chick-fil-A, Inc., Hyatt, Kelly Services, Lexmark, Smoothie King and Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America, have agreed to partner with ICE by joining the agency's IMAGE employment compliance program.
A Mexican national was sentenced Nov. 2 to 40 months in federal prison for illegally returning to the United States after he was twice deported.
A Mississippi couple was arraigned in federal court Thursday on a multi-count indictment charging them and their company, Love Irrigation, Inc., with conspiracy, harboring illegal aliens and encouraging illegal aliens to reside in the United States.
Adam Hammond of Climax Springs, Mo., pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to producing child pornography and enticing a minor for illicit sex.
Bobby Cruz was arrested Tuesday and charged with transporting child pornography via computer after federal agents searched his residence and found images of alleged child pornography. These charges resulted from an investigation conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A federal investigation into alleged passport fraud and narcotics trafficking by the Belizean Bloods street gang operating in Evanston, Ill., and Chicago has resulted in charges against 24 defendants, most of whom were arrested this week.
Justin A. Dedemko, 28, of Brooklyn, N.Y., pleaded guilty today before U.S. District Judge Anthony J. Trenga in the Alexandria Division of the Eastern District of Virginia. Dedemko's fellow co-founders Matthew David Howard Smith and Hana Amal Beshara pleaded guilty on Sept. 23, 2011, and Sept. 29, 2011, respectively, to conspiracy and criminal copyright infringement.
U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents, working jointly with officers from the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF), seized 173 kilograms of cocaine - worth $4.2 million - and arrested two smugglers during a maritime interdiction in the Mona Passage Thursday.
When ICE was looking for a community relations officer for the Phoenix area, Rudy Bustamante was the perfect fit. Two years into the position, he works tirelessly to educate advocacy groups, schools, neighborhoods, and local law enforcement agencies about ICE.
David Runnion, a former conductor of the Vermont Windham Orchestra who also served as a part-time music teacher at Brattleboro High School, was sentenced Tuesday to 30 months in federal prison for possession of child pornography. These charges were the result of an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A Mexican national, Lucio Martinez, pleaded guilty to possession with intent to use or transfer five or more fraudulent documents. This investigation is being conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
An upstate New York man, Curtis Henry, has pleaded guilty to a charge of attempting to import counterfeit Viagra and Cialis tablets into the United States for resale. This investigation is being conducted U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Patricia Ann Tasker, of Hagerstown, Md., was sentenced by U.S. District Judge William M. Nickerson on Nov. 2 to 42 months in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release. Judge Nickerson also ordered that upon her release from prison, Tasker must register as a sex offender in the place where she resides, where she is an employee, and where she is a student, under SORNA.
An Ohio businessman, Amarnath Trichy, was sentenced Tuesday on charges that he filed nearly 250 false documents for illegal aliens at a non-existent company following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Four additional members of a large scale and sophisticated identity theft scheme based out Bergen County, N.J., pleaded guilty Tuesday to their roles in this criminal enterprise. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service's...
Steven Eric Locher of Chatham, Ontario, pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting to travel to the United States to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor following an investigation by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A 28-year-old El Salvadoran national, residing in Annapolis, Md., pleaded guilty on Nov. 1 to transporting individuals to engage in prostitution in Annapolis and Easton, Md.
The investigation on Peter Kingman Lindsley, 49, began when the Beaumont Police Department, using peer-to-peer software, discovered a computer IP address registered to Peter K. Lindsley of the 1400 block of Richmond Avenue in Houston.
An upstate New York man was sentenced to five years in prison and 15 years of supervised release for possession of child pornography. The sentence is the result of an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
With the conclusion of Major League Baseball's 2011 World Series, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) have announced the results of 'Operation Strike Out.'
A Mexican national in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away Sunday morning at the University of Arizona Medical Center in Tucson.
The president of a Sierra Vista, Ariz., drywall and stucco company, Ivan T. Hardt, pleaded guilty Friday to federal criminal charges resulting from a probe by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that revealed he hired unauthorized alien workers.
Romeo Folkes, the extradited leader of an organization that smuggled cocaine aboard commercial airlines from the West Indies to England via the United States, was sentenced in federal court Monday to 120 months in prison. The investigation was conducted by U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection and...
The Panama Express Strike Force took custody of 8,963 kilograms (19,720 pounds) of cocaine from a submerged drug smuggling vessel in a case being investigated by the team of investigators, which includes special agents from U.S. ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Federal, state and local authorities announced the results Monday of 'Operation Pipeline Express,' a 17-month multi-agency investigation responsible for dismantling a massive narcotics trafficking organization suspected of smuggling more than $33 million dollars' worth of drugs a month through Arizona's western desert.
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