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ICE HSI Kansas City asks for public to support victims of human trafficking during national awareness campaign

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents across the country will come together January 11, to show solidarity for victims of human trafficking,…

January 10, 2022

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Third gang member sentenced to prison for series of truck stop ATM robberies, related assault

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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A third Houston-area gang member was ordered to federal prison Wednesday for his role in a string of ATM robberies at truck stops in Texas and Louisiana and…

January 10, 2022

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ICE HSI Nashville shows support for victims of human trafficking, educate community during awareness campaign

Government News

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents across the country will come together January 11, to show solidarity for victims of human trafficking, while…

January 10, 2022

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Guatemalan National Pleads Guilty to Illegal Reentry

Department of Justice Press Releases

BOSTON – A Guatemalan national pleaded guilty today in federal court in Boston to illegally reentering the United States after deportation. Darwin Geovani Herrera Orellana, 31, pleaded guilty to one count of…

January 5, 2022

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9 Phoenix-area people indicted for payment protection program fraud

Government News

PHOENIX, Ariz. – Earlier this month, special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) participated in an investigation that lead to the arrests of nine people for…

December 30, 2021

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ICE announces use of body worn camera in new pilot program

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WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a pilot program in select cities where ICE law enforcement officers will begin to wear body worn cameras for pre-planned operations. The…

December 21, 2021

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Federal investigation prevents a neo-Nazi group’s planned mass casualty attack on New Year’s Eve

Government News

WASHINGTON – Investigative efforts by Brazilian authorities and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) resulted in the arrest of four individuals involved in online threats, hate crimes, and…

December 21, 2021

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Head Of ICE Scolds House Dem: Don’t Call Us Anti-Immigrant For Enforcing Laws Passed By Congress

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Thomas Homan, acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency reminds Democrats that, despite the claims of Rep. Nanette Barragan, ICE isn’t anti-immigrant for enforcing Congressionally-enacted immigration laws.…

December 21, 2021

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ICE HSI holiday counterfeit operation seizes $1 million in counterfeit drugs, products

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NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans seized 59,425 counterfeit items valued at more than $1 million during a holiday-related intellectual property rights surge…

December 19, 2021

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4 Houston-area men charged in $35M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme

Government News

HOUSTON — A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans.…

December 19, 2021

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ICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was initially granted last year. Due to the continued…

December 19, 2021

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3 more individuals charged with sex trafficking young runaway girls in Houston-area human trafficking conspiracy

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HOUSTON – Three more individuals have been indicted and additional charges have been filed in a human trafficking conspiracy involving young runaway girls on the “Bissonnet Track” in southwest Houston. U.S. Immigration…

December 19, 2021

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Bixby High School teacher used cellphone to record under female student’s skirt gets 60 months in prison

Department of Justice Press Releases·School and Education News

A former Bixby High School teacher who was caught using his cell phone to illegally record underneath a female student’s skirt and later admitted to doing the same to multiple other unidentified…

December 16, 2021

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CBP Port of Nogales Officers Encounter Drugs Within Load of Auto Parts

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TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Port of Nogales officers arrested a Mexican national this week in connection to a record seizure of methamphetamine by CBP…

December 16, 2021

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Previously Deported Alien Charged With Illegal Re-Entry

Department of Justice Press Releases

HARRISBURG – The United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Pennsylvania announced that Jose Sanchez-Flores, age 33, of Mexico, was indicted on December 15, 2021, by a federal grand jury…

December 16, 2021

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Southeast Texas operation targeting violent fugitives leads to 351 arrests, seizure of more than $4.3 million

Government News

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The U.S. Marshals Service, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi, and various other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies recently announced…

December 14, 2021

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ICE attends memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later, coinciding with Human Rights Day

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WASHINGTON – Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) traveled to El Salvador this week to remember the victims of the largest single…

December 14, 2021

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ICE HSI, local police investigation leads to 6-year sentence for North Dakota man

Government News

FARGO – An eastern North Dakota man was sentenced in federal court Tuesday to 72 months in prison for his role in a string of violent robberies in the summer of 2019.…

December 14, 2021

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CBP Officers Seize over $3 Million in Methamphetamine at Hidalgo International Bridge

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HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge intercepted $3,061,000 in alleged methamphetamine in two incidents. “As the holidays get closer, we tend to…

December 14, 2021

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ICE attends Human Rights Day memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later

Government News

WASHINGTON – Representatives from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Human Rights Violators and War Crimes Center (HRVWCC) traveled to El Salvador this week to remember the victims of the largest single…

December 11, 2021

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