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ICE Conducted the Largest-Ever Raid of a Workplace in 2008
May 12, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Today in Latin American History
Today in Latin American history, U.S. ICE conducted the largest-ever raid of workplace & arrested nearly 400 immigrants in 2008. The Postville Raid was a raid at the Agriprocessors Inc. kosher slaughterhouse and meat packing plant in Postville, Iowa. continue reading »
North Carolina to Deport Community Activist After Traffic Violation
May 2, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has decided to deport a community activist and coordinator of a Catholic youth group in North Carolina after her arrest on a minor traffic violation. continue reading »
Connecticut Drug Bust Leads to 100 Arrests
April 4, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
In a massive drug enforcement operation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), more than 100 individuals were arrested early Wednesday in five states and Puerto Rico on state and federal charges related to the large-scale trafficking of heroin and cocaine from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico into and around southeastern Connecticut. continue reading »
ICE Arrests 97 Immigrants With Criminal Backgrounds in Michigan
January 13, 2013 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
As part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) ongoing efforts to focus agency resources on the removal of criminal aliens and egregious immigration law violators, 97 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and other immigration violators were arrested during a four-day operation in West Michigan. continue reading »
Guatemalan in ICE Custody Passes Away
December 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A Guatemalan man in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) passed away early Sunday at St. Joseph's Hospital, where he had been undergoing treatment for diabetes complications. continue reading »
ICE Settles Case on Controversial Home Raids
December 23, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Attorneys announced the settlement of a home raids case against Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Seven men and women and one child brought the case in 2008 against more than thirty individual ICE officers for a series of predawn raids of their homes undertaken without consent or a warrant. continue reading »
Colombians Arrested for Selling Sensitive U.S. Information to Drug Traffickers
November 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Earlier this week in Bogotá, two Colombian nationals were arrested for obstructing justice by selling sensitive and confidential U.S. law enforcement information to a narcotics trafficker concerning prosecutions in New York. The arrests are the result of an extensive investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). continue reading »
ICE Arrests 11 Sex Offenders, Criminal Aliens in Central Florida
November 3, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Eleven convicted alien sex offenders and other criminal aliens were arrested as part of a four-day operation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO). continue reading »
Paraguay, Homeland Security Seize Counterfeit Goods Worth Over $34 Million
October 21, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Over the past 15 months, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has provided extensive training and capacity building to Paraguay's customs office and other Paraguayan law enforcement partners. This training has been very successful, as Paraguayan authorities, working closely with the HSI Buenos Aires attaché, are making extensive seizures of counterfeit goods. continue reading »
Authorities Calling Upon Hispanics to Build Immigration Fraud Case Against Utah Man
September 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Utah judicial authorities have asked for the public's cooperation in gathering complaints against a man who defrauded dozens of Hispanic families by claiming he was an immigration agent. continue reading »
Arizona Immigration Agent Arrested for Harboring Undocumented Migrants
September 15, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
An employee of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement was arrested on charges she allowed her Arizona home to be used as a hideout for undocumented immigrants smuggled across the border from Mexico, authorities said. continue reading »
Immigration Raid in Paul Ryan Country Nets 28 in Northeastern Wisconsin
August 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
28 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested during a five-day operation in northeastern Wisconsin which ended last Tuesday. continue reading »
ICE, Mexico Honor 23 Graduates of Mexican Customs Investigator Training Program
August 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A group of 23 Mexican customs officers completed a rigorous 10-week training program modeled on the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Special Agent Training Program to prepare them to more effectively fight crime along the southern border and within Mexico. continue reading »
CBP Officers Seize $43,000 Worth of Marijuana
August 9, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A 53-year-old male Mexican national was arrested Monday for attempting to smuggle nearly 87 pounds of marijuana into the United States through the Dennis DeConcini Port of Entry. continue reading »
Secretary Napolitano Clarifies President’s Deferred Action Plan…Again
July 21, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the House Judiciary Committee and, as expected, defended the administration’s use of prosecutorial discretion and recently announced deferred action policies for qualified DREAMers—fielding questions and accusations from those who would rather take Napolitano to task than focus on creating smart, humane, and effective immigration policies. continue reading »
Secretary Napolitano Clarifies President’s Deferred Action Plan…Again
July 21, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano testified before the House Judiciary Committee and, as expected, defended the administration’s use of prosecutorial discretion and recently announced deferred action policies for qualified DREAMers—fielding questions and accusations from those who would rather take Napolitano to task than focus on creating smart, humane, and effective immigration policies. continue reading »
Across the Country, Opposition to “Secure Communities” Continues to Grow
July 14, 2012 | by Americas voice online | Latino Daily News
The drumbeat of criticism about the Obama Administration’s so-called “Secure Communities” program continues, as more cities and states push back against its dragnet approach and insist on local control over police priorities. As we’ve noted before, the ramifications of S-Comm are often eerily similar to the ramifications of Arizona’s SB 1070 continue reading »
Colorado Rights Group Launches Campaign to Prevent Deporation of Woman Who Reported Abuse
July 12, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Colorado Immigrant Rights Coalition on Wednesday launched a campaign to prevent the deportation of a female Hispanic immigrant who was detained by authorities when she reported being the victim of domestic violence. continue reading »
3 Foreign Nationals Charged in Multi-million Dollar Counterfeiting Scheme
June 17, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A federal indictment unsealed this week, charges three foreign nationals in a sophisticated counterfeiting operation uncovered through a 17-month undercover operation, spanning two continents. The charges are the results of an extensive investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the U.S. Secret Service. continue reading »
Filling Quotas or Setting Priorities? ICE Announcement to Increase Deportations Raises Concerns
June 8, 2012 | by Immigration Impact | HS News Network
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) recently announced that it would pull 150 agents from desk jobs and add them to Fugitive Operations Teams—teams created to locate and detain “fugitive immigrants” who pose a threat to the nation or the community or who have a violent criminal history—in order to find and deport additional “criminal aliens.” continue reading »
