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ERO Newark arrests 18 criminal noncitizens during nationwide enforcement action

News Release: NEWARK - On Sept. 8, Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Newark announced the local results of a nationwide enforcement operation conducted between Aug. 4 and Aug. 25 during which officers apprehended 18 removable noncitizens determined to be a threat to national security, public safety or border security.

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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Sept. 7

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America as part of dozens of other routine...

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HSI Baltimore investigation lands father and son in prison for drug trafficking conspiracy

News Release: GREENBELT, Md. - An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore, the Drug Enforcement Administration in Washington, D.C. and the Maryland State Police, with help from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Maryland, resulted in a 23-year federal prison sentence...


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HSI, US Border Patrol agents arrest Nicaraguan gang member convicted of murdering his wife

News Release: EL PASO, Texas - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Nicaragua on Aug. 29 after he illegally entered the country near an El Paso port of entry.


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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 31

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America, Ecuador, Haiti, Jamaica and Peru...


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Public press releases: Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement publishes 88 in August

There were 88 press releases published by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in August.


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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 30

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America and Ecuador as part of dozens of...


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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 23

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America, Colombia, India, and Nepal as part of dozens of other routine ICE removal flights conducted throughout the hemisphere and around the world.


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ICE represented at Women in Federal Law Enforcement conference

News Release: TAMPA, Fla. - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) supported the Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) annual conference in Tampa Aug. 14-17 in advance of the DHS Law Enforcement & Mission Support Recruitment...


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HSI Kansas City hosts inaugural human trafficking symposium

News Release: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the DHS Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT), along with local, state and federal leaders gathered to share vital knowledge, lessons learned, and best practices used amongst the various agencies to counter human trafficking throughout the Heartland at HSI Kansas City’s inaugural Human Trafficking Symposium on Aug. 16.


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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 17

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America, Cuba, Ecuador, and Peru as part of dozens of other routine ICE removal flights conducted throughout the hemisphere and around the world.


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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Aug. 7-11

News Release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), in coordination with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units, to Central America, Colombia, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, and Peru as part of dozens of other routine ICE removal flights conducted throughout the hemisphere and around the world the week of August 7.


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DHS case manager accused of having sex with detainee following OPR investigation

News Release: SAN DIEGO - A woman is charged with having sexual relations with a detainee at the Otay Mesa Detention Center in a complaint unsealed Aug. 10. The alleged relations occurred while she was a case manager with the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Office of the Immigration Detention Ombudsman (OIDO), ...


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64 press releases published in July by Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

There were 64 press releases published by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in July.


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Secretary Mayorkas delivers updates on DHS campaign to stop fentanyl through interdiction, supply chain disruption

News Release: WASHINGTON - Today, after an inspection of contraband interdiction operations at the International Mail Facility (IMF) operated by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) at JFK International Airport, Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro N. Mayorkas provided an update on DHS’s surge campaign to...


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Nebraska man convicted for possession of firearms following HSI, law enforcement partner investigation

News Release: OMAHA, Neb. - Acting Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations in Kansas City Taekuk Cho and Acting United States Attorney Susan T. Lehr announced that Senior United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard has sentenced Donald Greuter, Jr., 57, of Upland, Nebraska on June 29 to...


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HSI Dallas probe leads to 6-year prison sentence for Texas man guilty of child sexual exploitation

News Release: DALLAS - A Denton County man was sentenced to six years in federal prison for child exploitation violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Dallas Special Agent in Charge Lester R. Hayes Jr. and U.S. Attorney Damien M. Diggs for the Eastern District of Texas on June 30.


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California women plead guilty to Iowa meth conspiracy following HSI investigation

Two women who conspired to distribute methamphetamine pleaded guilty in federal court in Sioux City on June 16 following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.


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Missouri man sentenced to 27 years for conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse material

A Blue Springs man who watched online as a 7-year-old girl was raped and sexually abused was sentenced in federal court June 22 for his role in a conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse material. Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Western Missouri Cybercrimes Task Force investigated the case.


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ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for murder in Brazil

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston removed Jaconias Rosa Pereira, 51, to Brazil on June 23. Pereira, an unlawfully present citizen and national of Brazil was wanted for homicide there.