Over 100,000 Undocumented Migrants Have New Jersey Driver’s Licenses According to Lawmaker
BRICK, N.J. – Assemblyman Paul Kanitra announced that his office plans to release a new report in two weeks that he says details the cost of undocumented immigration in New Jersey, including…
ICE Tampa assists in rescue of endangered child
Alfredo Mendoza-Mendez, 24, a citizen and national of Guatemala was suspected by Hillsborough County Child Protective Services of child endangerment/abuse against a minor.…
ICE removes gang member wanted in El Salvador after fourth illegal reentry
Jaime Omar Vasquez-Benitez, 40, was arrested by the U.S. Border Patrol Nov. 10, 1997, near Douglas, Arizona. He claimed he was a Mexican citizen and voluntarily returned to Mexico.…
ICE arrests Jamaican man released by Philadelphia Police Department after city officials decline to honor detainer
On Jan. 13, 2006, Kirk Odain Anthony Golding, 26, was admitted into the United States in New York as a non-immigrant visitor with authorization to remain in the United States until July…
ICE HSI Phoenix special agent in charge rallies behind public safety message
Fifteen local and federal law enforcement agencies around the state collaborated on the video, which is centered around a tragic but realistic scenario that plays out on camera as agency representatives explain…
ICE arrests drug dealer despite Philadelphia officials’ refusal to cooperate
On May 24, 2009, Travas Anthony Vassell, 30, was admitted into the United States in New York on a non-immigrant visitor with authorization to remain in the United States until Nov. 23,…
ICE issues subpoenas to demand criminal alien information refused under Oregon sanctuary policies
Under Oregon’s sanctuary laws, county and law enforcement officials are prohibited from providing ICE with non-public information about criminal aliens necessary for federal law enforcement, including the release dates of those criminal…
ICE subpoenas information requested under California sanctuary policies
Issuance of these immigration subpoenas is necessary because the SDSO is forced to comply with California’s sanctuary state laws, and therefore cannot cooperate in honoring immigration detainers or requests for non-public information…
Grand jury indicts 3 top administrators of Philippine church in scheme to traffic workers and defraud immigration system
The three defendants were arrested last month after being named in a criminal complaint that alleged a conspiracy to commit immigration fraud. Today’s indictment expands the scope of the alleged scheme and…
ICE San Antonio removes MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador
Melvin Antonio Delgado, 35, a citizen of El Salvador, was removed via an ICE Air Operations charter flight without incident. Once in El Salvador, ICE ERO officers transferred custody of Delgado to…
ICE issues subpoenas to obtain information refused under Connecticut’s sanctuary policies
ICE uses statutorily-authorized immigration subpoenas to obtain information as part of investigations regarding potential removable aliens. ICE has not historically needed to use its lawful authority to issue these subpoenas to obtain…
Alien smugglers sentenced to prison for seizing an illegal alien in distress
Johnson Ortiz, 23, and Regina Ramon, 29, previously pleaded guilty on Sept. 4, 2019, to their involvement in harboring illegal aliens for profit, with Ortiz also pleading to a statutory endangerment enhancement.…
MS-13 member wanted for homicide arrested during 2-state enforcement efforts
An MS-13 gang member, in the country illegally and wanted in El Salvador for homicide, was arrested last week by ICE’s ERO during ongoing enforcement efforts in Michigan and Ohio targeting at-large…
Mexican drug trafficking ring leader sentenced in Texas to 30 years in prison
Pedro Gama-Alvarez, the leader of a drug organization based in Coahuila, Mexico, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison Tuesday for his role in various smuggling schemes involving drugs, firearms and…
Illinois man to serve 26 years in federal prison for sexually exploiting minors
On Sept. 9, 2019, Dennis H. West, 44, of Atwood, Illinois, pleaded guilty to five counts of sexual exploitation of minors in 2017 and 2018.…
ICE El Paso removes MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador
Jose Manuel Castro Orellana, 30, a citizen of El Salvador, was removed aboard an ICE Air Operations Charter flight without incident. Once in El Salvador, ICE ERO officers transferred custody of Castro…
ICE officers arrest aggravated felon at Chicago’s Union Station
On Jan. 25, 2019, ERO officers filed a detainer with Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC) for Yoni Cruz-Lopez, 24, a resident of Mt. Prospect, Illinois, and a citizen of Guatemala, after his…
ICE, FBI recognize International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting
February 6 marks the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation. ICE, the FBI, and HRSP of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, all members of the HRVWCC, join U.S. and foreign…
Space Force to Receive First Weapons System Soon
PETERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Colo. —Imagine a secure communications room, like what has been shown in big-screen blockbuster movies…dozens of space and communications professionals behind computer terminals working together to deny an…
MS-13 gang member implicated in 9 attempted murders sentenced to life in federal prison
Rolan Ivan Hernandez-Fuentes, a.k.a. “Tasmania,” pleaded guilty in April 2019 to conspiracy under the RICO Act. Two of his co-conspirators, Jerson Gutierrez-Ramos, a.k.a. “Sparky,” and Kevin Cruz, a.k.a. “Street Danger,” also pleaded guilty to…
ICE arrests Salvadoran MS-13 gang member accused of gang membership, aggravated homicide in his home country
Santos Ceferino Amaya-Cruz, 35, an active MS-13 gang member, has been removed from the U.S. on two prior occasions, most recently in 2017. He is the subject of an Interpol Red Notice.…
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