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Ex-Peruvian Police Officer Deported, Wanted for Weapons Trafficking
February 15, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A former Peruvian police officer wanted in his native country for weapons trafficking was handed over to authorities in Lima late Wednesday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) following his capture in Stockton, Calif. continue reading »
Advocates Call on Obama Administration to Protect Immigrant Families, Not Deport Them
June 13, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
Nearly a year ago, ICE Director John Morton issued a memo on prosecutorial discretion which led to the review of 300,000 immigration cases currently in removal proceedings. Advocates initially applauded this announcement, hoping that the administration would move quickly to close low-level, non-criminal immigration cases. continue reading »
Lack of Difference Between Secure Communities And Arizona’s SB 1070
May 8, 2012 | by Americas Voice Online | HS News Network
Last week, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released its long-awaited response to last year’s report from the Secure Communities Task Force. Secure Communities, the Obama Administration’s signature immigration enforcement program, has been fiercely criticized by law enforcement experts, state governors and legislatures, continue reading »
ICE Creates Telephone Hotline for Detained Immigrants To Learn Rights
December 31, 2011 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement launched a telephone hotline for detained immigrants to inform them of their rights and allow them to report cases of unfair treatment. continue reading »
New Report Faults Secure Communities for Wrongful Arrests and Detentions of Latinos
October 21, 2011 | by HS News Staff | HS News Network
Secure Communities relies on local law enforcement to target noncitizens for deportation. Fingerprints from individuals booked into local jails—many on minor infractions—are sent to the Department of Homeland Security for an immigration check, triggering arrests. This has transformed the enforcement landscape by allowing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to effectively run federal immigration checks on everyone booked into a local jail. continue reading »
ICE Clears Itself of Misconduct in Internal Investigation, Draws Ire from Immigrant Rights Groups
August 13, 2011 | by Immigration Impact | Latino Daily News
As if immigrant rights groups needed another reason to distrust the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) this week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) cleared its agents of any wrongdoing in a recent internal investigation into reports of abuse. continue reading »
Puerto Rico: ICE Arrest Drug Smuggler, Find 49 Pellets of Heroin in His Stomach
December 28, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
A 27-year-old U.S. citizen was taken into custody by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Saturday after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers continue reading »
Organized Crime Leader Receives 30 years for Transporting Drugs,Weapons
December 15, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
The head of a multi-state cocaine trafficking ring was sentenced last week to 30 years in federal prison for drug and firearms charges, following an investigation conducted by the Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDEFT), continue reading »
