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Smuggler Pleads Guilty to Hostage-Taking
October 27, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
An undocumented Guatemalan national faces a maximum sentence of life in prison after pleading guilty to charges arising from his involvement in a human smuggling scheme linked to a drop house uncovered last year in Lancaster, Calif., where aliens were held against their will, denied food and assaulted. continue reading »
ICE Loses Track of Its Money, Where Did It Go?
October 25, 2010 | by The Washington Independent | Immigration News
Critics of the 287(g) program, which gives local police permission to enforce federal immigration laws, were given a boost to their cause after a report released Friday revealed that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) had lost track of its money. continue reading »
Mississippi Business Becomes First to Join ICE’s IMAGE Program
October 21, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Roy Anderson Corp. in Gulfport is the first Mississippi business to become a member of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IMAGE program. The IMAGE program, or ICE Mutual Agreement between Governme continue reading »
Immigrant Mother Arrested, Smuggled Children Returned
October 18, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Two Mexican children who were separated from their mother while being smuggled into the United States were reunited with her a short time later owing to the quick actions of federal, state and local law enforcement authorities here Wednesday afternoon. continue reading »
Brazilian Couple Arrested in $55 Million Visa Scheme
October 17, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
A Brazilian husband and wife were sentenced Thursday for their involvement in a $55 million visa fraud scheme, following an investigation led by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). continue reading »
Mexican National Receives 2.5 Years in Prison for Illegal Re-entry
October 14, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
A criminal [immigrant], who had been previously deported twice, was sentenced in federal court on Tuesday to 30 months in prison for illegally re-entering the United States after being deported. This sentence was announced by Joh continue reading »
Puerto Rican Man Arrested For impersonating a DHS Agent
October 13, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Francis Ryan Romano-Maria, 22, of San Juan, was arrested Oct. 11 on federal charges of impersonating a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agent following an investigation b continue reading »
ICE Announces Removal of 15 Convicted Criminal Immigrant Sex Offenders
October 12, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Operation also identifies 356 foreign national sex offenders in federal, state and local facilities who will be removed upon completion of incarceration. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton, Virginia continue reading »
New Jersey Cry “Dignity, Not Detention”
October 7, 2010 | by Asbury Park Press | Immigration News
Wednesday, outside the Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office, around 30 people gathered chanted, “Dignity, not detention!” to protest conditions for immigrant detainees as well as the detentions themselves continue reading »
Secretary Napolitano Announces Record-Breaking Immigration Enforcement Statistics Achieved
October 6, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced record-breaking immigration enforcement statistics achieved —including unprecedented numbers of convicted criminal alien removals and overall alien removals in fiscal year 2010. continue reading »
Orange County Jails to Receive Hundreds of Immigrant Detainees
October 5, 2010 | by Mercury News | Immigration News
Detained immigrants ranging in the hundreds are being transferred to Orange County jails under an agreement with the federal government. The deal will bring $30 million a y continue reading »
Immigrant Gets 57 Months For Illegal Reentries and Violent Crimes
October 4, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Miguel Angel Monjaras-Castro, 37, a native of El Salvador, was sentenced today to 57 months in prison for illegal reentry after deportation for commission of an aggravated felony following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). continue reading »
ICE Joins INTERPOL
October 3, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
INTERPOL Washington Director Timothy A. Williams announced a multi-international effort to locate and arrest criminal suspects believed to be in hiding in the United States and throughout Western Hemisphere countries. INTERPOL Washington is partnering with the U.S. Immigrati continue reading »
This Year 23,384 Mexican Citizens Volunarily Return Home with U.S. Help
October 1, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday that 23,384 Mexican citizens agreed to voluntarily return to their hometowns in the interior of Mexico by participating in the Mexican Interior Repatriation Program (MIRP). continue reading »
Colombian FARC Collaborator Deported By ICE
September 30, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
U.S Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control and the FBI. These agencies targeted the illegal exportation of U.S. controlled technologies, including U.S. military technologies, to the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (FARC), a U.S. State Department designated foreign terrorist organization. continue reading »
Communities Opting Out of Immigration Enforcement Program
September 29, 2010 | by The Washington Independent | Immigration News
Virginia’s Arlington County has joined Santa Clara County of California in voting to opt out of the Department of Homeland Security’s program Secure Communities. Tuesday, The Santa Clara County Board continue reading »
Abercrombie & Fitch Fined For Immigration Violations
September 29, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Latino Daily News
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) announced today a $1,047,110 fine settlement reached with the clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch for violations of the Immigration and Nationality Act related to an employer's obligation to verify the employment eligibility of its workers. continue reading »
Human Trafficking Investigation in Los Angeles Feat. in Reader’s Digest
September 27, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
Alone and scared. That's the reality for many victims of human trafficking. Each year, nearly 20,000 people are trafficked to the U.S. - many of them women and children. These individuals endure traumatic journeys to enter the countr continue reading »
18 Accused of Arranging Fraudulent Marriages and Drug Trafficking
September 24, 2010 | by HS News Staff | Immigration News
On Wednesday, authorities arrested 18 people accused for drug trafficking, possessing firearms, and arranging fraudulent marriages to attain green cards. Federal authorities said that members of the Red Door gang, based in continue reading »
Employers Criminally Charged For Hiring Undocumented Immigrants
September 24, 2010 | by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement | Immigration News
The owner and a top executive of a metal casting company in Ventura County were arrested Thursday by agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) on federal criminal charges for knowingly hiring undocumented aliens. continue reading »
