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News Releases and Statements

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ERO Philadelphia removes foreign fugitive wanted for drug trafficking to Brazil

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
PHILADELPHIA — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia removed Miramar Martins De Brito, a citizen of Brazil with a final order of removal, to Brazil on Feb. 23. Martins is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Brazil for drug trafficking.


Florida man sentenced to 27 years for distributing, receiving, possessing child sexual abuse material

February 26, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Jesse James Bertetto, 30, of Webster, was also ordered to register as a sex offender and pay $74,500 in restitution after a federal jury found him guilty on April 12, 2023.

ERO Baltimore apprehends Honduran national convicted of robbery in Maryland

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
In January 2023, ERO Baltimore lodged an immigration detainer against the Honduran noncitizen with the Montgomery County Detention Center in Rockville. However, the Montgomery County Detention Center refused to honor the detainer and released the noncitizen from custody three weeks later.

ERO Philadelphia removes foreign fugitive wanted to complete incarceration in Colombia

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia removed Miguel Angel Hernandez Moreno, a citizen of Colombia with a final order of removal, to Colombia on Feb. 13. Hernandez is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Colombia to complete his incarceration for conviction on a simple homicide with aggravating factors.



ERO Seattle arrests 12 noncitizens with sex offense convictions as part of nationwide law enforcement effort

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle arrested 12 noncitizens with sex offense-related convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.



ERO Boston arrests Mexican national convicted of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Mexico who was convicted locally of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended him Feb. 21 in Waltham.

ERO New Orleans focuses targeted operation on convicted sexual offenders

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal, Child Exploitation
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New Orleans officers apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from Feb. 5 through Feb. 16.

Senegal national in ICE custody dies in hospital

February 26, 2024
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|Detainee Death Notifications
Ousmane Ba, 33, a citizen of Senegal, entered the United States at or near Lukeville, Arizona, without inspection, admission or parole by an immigration official on Aug. 31, 2023. U.S. Border Patrol served him with a notice and order of expedited removal charging him with inadmissibility as a noncitizen not in possession of a valid document required for entry.

ICE arrests 19 noncitizens with sex offense convictions as part of nationwide law enforcement effort

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 25 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders throughout Colorado as part of a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.



Chemical broker sentenced to nearly 19 years for supplying drug cartel with massive amounts of fentanyl, meth precursors

February 26, 2024
|Narcotics
HSI Executive Associate Director Katrina W. Berger, acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram made the announcement.



ERO Los Angeles arrests 36 noncitizens with sex offense convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

February 26, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 36 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.



ERO Boston arrests MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador for murder

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
In March 2001, the Salvadoran national unlawfully entered the United States at the Canadian border in New York. He was arrested by U.S. Border Patrol and served with a notice to appear before a federal immigration judge with the Department of Justice (DOJ) Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR).

Readout of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with American University

February 23, 2024
|Partnership and Engagement
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership met with American University’s Center for Warfare Analysis and Evaluation this week.

ICE arrests 41 noncitizens with sex offense convictions as part of nationwide law enforcement effort

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 41 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders as part of a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizens. The operation ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

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

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a component agency of the Department of Homeland Security, working in close coordination across the Department including with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units February 19 - 23.



ERO Harlingen arrests unlawfully present Mexican national with multiple removals

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
The Mexican citizen unlawfully entered the United States near Weslaco in October 2017. He was detained and served with a noticed and order of expedited removal to Mexico.

Drug dealer sentenced to over 7 years following HSI Tucson, multiagency case

February 23, 2024
|Narcotics
Esteban Terrazas, 56, pleaded guilty Oct. 27, 2023, to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.



2 charged with NFT money laundering, ‘rug pull’ of digital blockchains

February 23, 2024
|Financial Crimes
Devin Alan Rhoden aka Denny aka Deviinz, 24, of Pinellas Park, and Berman Jerry Nowlin Jr. aka Repulse aka Zayous, 20, of Huntsville, Alabama, each face a maximum penalty of five years in federal prison.

HSI investigating record-breaking meth seizure that doubles previous record

February 23, 2024
|Narcotics
The meth was smuggled through the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Feb. 18 and was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations at the Camino Real International Bridge.

South Texas man sentenced to 30 years for producing child sexual abuse material following HSI Rio Grande Valley investigation

February 23, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Ulysses Rubalcava, 34, of Weslaco, pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2023, and was sentenced Feb. 20. At the hearing, the court noted his remorse, but explained how society deems these crimes as particularly heinous and that the court must protect children and the public to deter this type of crime.

Repeat offender pleads guilty to possession of child sexual abuse material

February 23, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Dominick Nardone, 45, of Orlando, was previously convicted of a child sexual exploitation offense. He now faces a minimum mandatory sentence of 10 years and up to 20 years in federal prison. A sentencing date has not yet been set.

6 noncitizen sex offenders, including 3 child predators, apprehended in Houston area during national ICE ERO operation

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston arrested six noncitizen sex offenders, including three noncitizens, convicted of child sex offenses during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

Qatar man sentenced for transportation, possession of child sexual abuse material

February 23, 2024
|Child Exploitation
Saoud Al Naimi, 21, who was in the United States on a student visa and attending a local college, was ordered by the court to forfeit three iPhones, an iPad Pro and a MacBook, which were used in the commission of the offense. Al Naimi was also ordered to register as a sex offender. Al Naimi entered a guilty plea on August 22, 2023.

ICE arrests 275 noncitizens with sex offense convictions during nation-wide law enforcement effort

February 23, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
ICE ERO officers apprehended 275 unlawfully present noncitizen sex offenders during a nation-wide law enforcement effort that ran from February 5-16, 2024.

 

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Just imagine what these slimy foreign ba$tards get away with in Sanctuary cities, where ICE is allegedly not allowed.

 

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Chemical broker sentenced to nearly 19 years for supplying drug cartel with massive amounts of fentanyl, meth precursors

HSI Executive Associate Director Katrina W. Berger, acting Assistant Attorney General Nicole M. Argentieri of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division, and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram made the announcement.

www.ice.gov

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Algredo Vazquez procured more than 5 million kilograms of chemicals, including methylamine, and imported them into Mexico for the Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion to produce illicit narcotics and traffic them into the United States. Algredo Vazquez also transferred millions of dollars from the United States to chemical suppliers in China and India to procure the chemicals.
The Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion, which is based in the State of Jalisco in Mexico, is one of the largest, most dangerous and most prolific drug cartels in Mexico and is responsible for transporting tonnage quantities of methamphetamine, fentanyl and other drugs into the United States.

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Breakdown: Refugee Revenue: International Rescue Committee's $430 million in grant awards

How a Labour Party politician's billion-dollar organization funnels immigrants to America

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Refugee Revenue: International Rescue Committee's $430 million in grant awards​

USAspending.gov

www.usaspending.gov

The federal government has outsourced the processing and care of refugees admitted to the United States to a myriad of tax-exempt non-profits and non-governmental organizations (NGOs).
One of these NGOs is International Rescue Committee (IRC), which has received nearly $430 million in federal grants for refugee processing and aid services since 2021. IRC is headed by David Miliband, a former Member of Parliament in Britain’s far-left Labour Party, who earns a salary of $1.1 million from the organization.
IRC advocates for expanded resettlement of asylum seekers throughout the United States and provides support to them before and after they cross the southern border, including housing, legal assistance, and “transportation coordination”.
AFTER BIDEN
According to Form 990s filed with the IRS, the organization’s total annual revenue has nearly doubled from 2018 to 2021:

• 2018 revenue: $785.3 million, including $422.9 million in government grants
• 2019 revenue: $805.3 million, including $461.1 million in government grants
• 2020 revenue: $950.7 million, including $537.2 million in government grants
• 2021 revenue: $1.4 billion, including $728.3 million in government grants

In 2021, IRC reported holding $527 million in assets, including $210 million in cash and $119 in securities. IRC also reported a $108 million endowment fund. IRC’s 2022 and 2023 revenues have yet to be disclosed.

According to USAspending, grants to the organization since 2021 include:

• $167.5 million for refugee placement and reception services, including $55.6 million for resettling refugees from Afghanistan
• $110.7 million for “Preferred Communities Program” assistance (refugee aid program established in the 1990’s by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, includes one year of comprehensive assistance
• $77.9 million for the Voluntary Agencies Matching Program (refugee employment assistance programs
• $32.4 million for processing refugees in foreign countries into the United State
• $16.1 million for various assistance programs for refugees admitted to the United States
• $13.9 million for assistance to Unaccompanied Minors
• $8.8 million to assist asylum seekers in Central/South America, with $5.8 million targeting Venezuelans.

Aid to refugees admitted to the United States includes $4 million for the “New Roots” program, which gives admitted refugees financial and advisory assistance in obtaining and operating farms in various states. IRC also provides admitted refugees with free tax preparation assistance.

Please join me in supporting the International Rescue Committee. They help families just like yours and mine to survive, recover, and live their lives with hope and dignity.
Patrick Stewart
International Rescue Committee supporter

 

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CATHOLIC BISHOPS WORKS WITH (((HIAS)))
https://www.randoland.us/bill_break...catholic-bishops-455-million-in-grant-awards/

USAspending.gov

www.usaspending.gov

During the Biden Presidency, USCCB’s reported federal contracts and grants revenue for refugee assistance has increased dramatically:

• 2019 revenue: $14.6 million
• 2020 revenue: $20.2 million
• 2021 revenue: $67.5 million
• 2022 revenue: $122.6 million

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(((HIAS)))

Breakdown: Refugee Revenue: HIAS' $248 million in grant awards

Breakdown of Hebrew International Aid Society's refugee aid grant awards under Biden

www.randoland.us

USAspending.gov

www.usaspending.gov

According to HIAS’ Form 990 disclosures, its annual contributions and grants have increased dramatically over the last 4 years:

• $52.3 million in 2019
• $62.6 million in 2020
• $109.7 million in 2021
• $145.8 million in 2022

HIAS’ 2022 financial disclosures reported paying President/CEO Mark Hetfield over $354,000 and Executive Vice President Sabrina Bejman over $360,000. HIAS also reported holding $70.7 million in securities and $24.4 million in other investments, generating $2.4 million in investment revenue. HIAS also reported an endowment fund of $63 million.

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https://www.randoland.us/bill_break...-church-world-services-520-million-in-grants/
In 2020, Church World Services reported $68.3 million in revenue. In 2021, the organization’s reported revenue jumped to $152.1 million.

Church World Service has been awarded over $520 million for these purposes since 2021. The organization provides refugee processing and aid services in Latin and South America, Africa, Eastern Europe, Asia, the Caribbean, and even Japan.

USAspending.gov

www.usaspending.gov

In the United States, Church World Service provides housing, food, employment services, legal aid, and cash-based assistance to admitted refugees. Since 2021, federal grant awards to the organization include:

• $175.8 million for refugee processing
• $108 million for the “Preferred Communities Program” (refugee aid program established in the 1990’s by the Office of Refugee Resettlement, includes one year of comprehensive assistance)
• $78 million for “reception and placement” of refugees admitted to the US
• $50 million for general post-resettlement refugee assistance
• $20 million for programs to “counter extremism”
• $3 million for general refugee housing assistance
• $1 million for refugee employment services
• $1 million for consulting services for refugee resettlement

 

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There's the BIG 4, in previous 2 posts.

So you see, the Biden Administration has gone out of its way to triple the funding to these HUGE businesses operating as tax exempt NGOs who have been, since thug Biden took office, in hyperdrive to both fund and flood the USA with immigrants.

It is all part of the plan, which Biden said in 2015 sitting alongside Mayorkas, "An unrelenting stream of immigrants..."
THE $$$NUMBERS$$$ TELL THE TRUTH.
Of course, Politifact says the claim is out of context and false.

Joe Biden’s 2015 immigration remarks shared out of context

Social media users have shared an excerpt of 2015 remarks by then-Vice President Joe Biden and said it’s evidence that h

www.politifact.com

 

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ICE
March 8, 2024 through March 1, 2024


ERO Baltimore apprehends Guatemalan noncitizen convicted of assaulting Maryland resident
March 8, 2024
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan national convicted of a 2021 assault on a Maryland resident. Deportation officers from ERO Baltimore’s Criminal Apprehension Program apprehended the 37-year-old noncitizen March 4 outside of his residence in Lanham.

ERO Houston removes Honduran fugitive wanted for homicide
March 8, 2024
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) in Honduras, removed Jorge Munoz Pineda, a 32-year-old unlawfully present Honduran national, from the United States on March 8. Munoz is wanted in Honduras for homicide.

ERO Chicago arrests 28 noncitizen sex offenders during nationwide law enforcement effort
March 8, 2024
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Chicago arrested 28 noncitizens with sex offense convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizen sex offenders. The operation ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

Human smuggling ringleader convicted of smuggling, money laundering following HSI Sells investigation
March 8, 2024
A Phoenix man was sentenced Feb. 28 to four years in prison followed by three years of supervised for leading a Phoenix-based human smuggling organization. Homeland Security Investigations investigated the case.

ERO St. Paul arrests 15 noncitizen sex offenders during nationwide law enforcement effort
March 8, 2024
During this operation, ERO St. Paul used an intelligence-driven enforcement model to target noncitizens who have committed egregious sex crimes while in violation our nation’s immigration laws.

ERO Boston arrests fugitive in Rhode Island wanted for homicide in Honduras
March 8, 2024
Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the 23-year-old Honduran national Feb. 27 in Providence, Rhode Island.

ERO Detroit removes Mexican national wanted on homicide charges
March 8, 2024
Joaquin Villalobos Navarro, 54, was turned over to Mexican authorities at the border in Brownsville, Texas, Feb. 28.

ERO Seattle places detainer on noncitizen accused of vehicular homicide
March 8, 2024
An immigration detainer is a request from ICE to state or local law enforcement agencies to notify ICE as early as possible before a removable noncitizen is released, allowing ERO to assume custody for possible removal to the subject’s home country in accordance with federal law.

HSI El Paso and USBP arrest 25 undocumented noncitizens, 2 alleged smugglers; seize nearly $3,000
March 8, 2024
Cesar Daniel Hernandez-Ortiz, 23, and Angel Gabriel Lopez-Alvarado, 18, remain in federal custody charged with human smuggling. The men, both Mexican nationals unlawfully present in the United States, and 25 undocumented noncitizens were discovered in a stash house in the 200 block of Sofia Place in the Lower Valley.

Florida man indicted for smuggling 25 migrants from the Bahamas aboard boat
March 7, 2024
If convicted, Michael Andrew Milano, 42, of Merritt Island, faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in federal prison for each count.

ERO Philadelphia removes Albanian citizen wanted by law enforcement in Albania for murder
March 7, 2024
Leonard Mnela, a citizen of Albania with a final order of removal, is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Italy for criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, attempted extortion, firearms violation, drug trafficking, drug importing and drug selling.

ERO Baltimore apprehends 8 noncitizen sex offenders during national ICE operation
March 7, 2024
ICE ERO Baltimore arrested eight noncitizens with sex offense convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort that netted 275 noncitizen sex offenders. The nationwide operation ran from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

Maryland man sentenced to 53 months for unemployment insurance fraud conspiracy resulting in more than $1.6 million in losses following HSI Baltimore investigation
March 7, 2024
Michael Akame Ngwese Ay Makoge’s co-conspirator, Christian Malik Adrea, 26, of Mitchellville, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud and aggravated identity theft Feb. 26 for his role in the fraud scheme.

Honduran national arrested for allegedly retaliating against federal witness
March 7, 2024
Bayron Santos-Recarte, a 25-year-old Honduran national, was charged in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Tennessee.

Florida man sentenced to 12 years for distributing child sexual abuse videos
March 7, 2024
The court also sentenced Dominic Lawrence Carsi, 34, Naples, to a term of supervised release for life and ordered him to register as a sex offender. Carsi pleaded guilty Oct. 31, 2023.

Colombian national pleads guilty to producing and trafficking over 1,400 kilograms of cocaine
March 7, 2024
Juan Carlos Perlaza Caicedo aka Olindo Perlaza Caicedo aka Gafas, 45, of Colombia pleaded guilty to producing and transporting several tons of cocaine from Colombia to Central America beginning in at least 2002.

ERO New York City arrests 32 noncitizen sex offenders during nationwide law enforcement effort
March 7, 2024
ERO New York City Fugitive Operations officers apprehended 32 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide law enforcement effort from Feb. 5 to Feb. 16.

5-time convicted felon indicted on firearm, drug charges
March 7, 2024
|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, Narcotics
If convicted, Reginald Dugger, 42, of Orlando, faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison for the drug offense and up to 15 years in federal prison for the firearm offense.

2 charged with murdering witnesses, burying remains to thwart drug trafficking investigation following HSI San Diego, partner investigation
March 6, 2024
A superseding indictment was partially unsealed in the Southern District of California March 5 charging alleged drug trafficker Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, 22, with murdering two people to prevent them from testifying in drug trafficking cases in federal court in San Diego.

ERO Boston apprehends Jamaican national convicted of sexual assault and battery of Massachusetts resident
March 6, 2024
ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present, 30-year-old convicted sex offender Feb. 12 in Barnstable.

ERO Boston arrests Jamaican national convicted of sexual assault of a minor in Connecticut
March 6, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal

ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for aggravated homicide of a minor in Brazil
March 6, 2024
ERO Boston removed 52-year-old Antonio Dos Santos from the United States to Brazil Feb. 23 after arresting him on federal immigration violations near his residence in Plymouth on Oct. 18, 2023.

2 monkeys intercepted at Texas port of entry; HSI Rio Grande Valley, US Fish and Wildlife Service initiate criminal investigation
March 5, 2024
CBP officers and agriculture specialists intercepted two howler monkeys at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge and turned them over to federal authorities. HSI Rio Grande Valley and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service initiated a criminal investigation and are working the case together.

Drug trafficker admits to importing $340,000 worth of liquid meth in fuel following HSI Laredo, federal partner investigation
March 5, 2024
Allan Alberto Moreno Trevino, 41, of Mexico, pleaded guilty before a federal judge March 5.

ERO Washington, D.C. apprehends previously removed Guatemalan noncitizen convicted of aggravated sexual battery of Virginia minor
March 5, 2024
ERO Washington, D.C. arrested an unlawfully present Guatemalan noncitizen convicted Feb. 9 for aggravated sexual battery of a Virginia minor.

Man charged with smuggling potent greenhouse gases into US following HSI San Diego, EPA investigation
March 5, 2024
Michael Hart, 58, of San Diego, was arrested March 4 and charged with smuggling potent greenhouse gases into the United States from Mexico and selling them for profit, violating regulations intended to curb the use of greenhouse gases and slow climate change.

ERO Boston removes convicted Brazilian extortionist charged locally for assault, battery, strangulation
March 4, 2024
Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed 31-year-old Raul Thalison De Oliveira-Silva from the United States to Brazil Feb. 23.

ERO San Francisco arrests Mexican citizen wanted for child rape
March 4, 2024
ERO San Francisco arrested an individual Feb. 22 who had an outstanding warrant issued by the District Court in Zacatecas, Mexico, for the rape of a child.

ERO Washington, D.C. apprehends 8 noncitizen sex offenders during national ICE operation
March 4, 2024
By using an intelligence-driven enforcement model, ERO Washington, D.C. makes efficient use of limited resources to promote public safety in communities across throughout Washington, D.C. and Virginia.

HSI Baltimore investigation lands Maryland man 40 months in federal prison for series of fraud schemes
March 4, 2024
Noel Chimezuru Agoha, 40, of Baltimore, received the sentence Feb. 28 for conspiracy to commit wire fraud. The judge also ordered Agoha to pay $1 million in restitution.

ERO Miami, Martin County Florida Sheriff arrest rape suspect
March 4, 2024
ICE ERO and the Martin County Florida Sheriff’s Office arrested Juan Jose-Sebastian, 26, a citizen and national of Guatemala March 2, after determining he was wanted in Washington County, Oregon, on rape and sexual abuse charges.

ERO Phoenix removes Mexican national with extensive criminal history for the 7th time
March 4, 2024
Deportation officers with ERO Phoenix removed Jose Inez Garcia-Zarate, 49, a Mexican national who was removed on six previous occasions, via commercial air to Mexico March 1.

Readout of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractor
March 3, 2024
|Statement| As one of its private detention contractors, it is imperative for the agency to engage with valued partners to ensure continued understanding of our changing mission space and the shared responsibility of appropriate care for those in custody.

2 sentenced to prison in separate child exploitation cases in Puerto Rico
March 2, 2024
According to court documents, from December 2022 through Jan. 25, 2023, Marrero Casanova used a cellphone and instant messaging services to persuade, induce, entice and coerce two 15-year-old boys to engage in sexual activity so he could produce a visual depiction of it.

ERO Boston removes Brazilian fugitive wanted for child rape
March 1, 2024
Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Edimir Gustavo Eckelberg, 62, from the United States to Brazil Jan. 26. Eckelberg had been sought by Brazilian law enforcement authorities since his conviction for rape of a vulnerable child in May 2023.

ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights March 1
March 1, 2024
|Enforcement and Removal
Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico, Peru and South Korea.

Arizona man sentenced to 17 years for sexually exploiting 14-month-old relative following HSI Flagstaff, Navajo County Sheriff investigation
March 1, 2024
On Aug. 2, 2023, HSI agents notified the Navajo County Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Apprehension Team that they had discovered Joshuah Cruz Eberhart, 25, of Clay Springs, was distributing child sex abuse material online.

ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for rape conviction in Brazil
March 1, 2024
Francisco Xavier Martins, 43, convicted of rape in Brazil, unlawfully entered the United States in May 2018 to avoid serving his prison sentence. Brazilian authorities have been seeking his custody since March 2019, and deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested him Dec. 5, 2023, in Malden.

ERO Baltimore reaches landmark agreement with Montgomery County on immigration detainers
March 1, 2024
The leaders discussed myriad issues, but the most pressing matter was how ERO Baltimore and Montgomery County can more effectively communicate about enforcing U.S. immigration law.


California man charged with maritime smuggling crimes in attempt that killed 3 following HSI San Diego, partner investigation
February 29, 2024
Charges unsealed Feb. 22 against Faustino Romero De La Cruz, 40, of Santa Barbara, allege that he organized the attempted smuggling of multiple unauthorized immigrants by boat on April 10, 2022, which resulted in the tragic drowning deaths of three passengers.

ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Feb. 29
February 29, 2024
ICE, a component agency of DHS, working in close coordination across the Department including with CBP, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units February 26 - 28.


ERO Boston arrests 3 Portuguese nationals charged in death of Rhode Island infant
February 29, 2024
The three women were charged with felony child endangerment; the alleged father was charged with manslaughter, three counts of second degree child abuse, and child endangerment.


10 year prison sentence for illegal reentry conviction announced by Office of US Attorney for Massachusetts, ERO Boston
February 29, 2024
Walter Gomes DaSilva, 52, was sentenced by U.S. District Court Judge Angel Kelley to an additional decade in prison following his current state sentence.

 

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Abolish ICE - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Abolish ICE is a political movement that seeks the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).[1] The movement gained mainstream traction in June 2018 following controversy of the Trump administration family separation policy. The movement proposes that ICE's responsibilities be subsumed by other existing immigration agencies, as was the case before its creation. Discussions are particularly focused on the enforcement wing of ICE.

After Trump took office in January 2017, his administration began to implement harsher immigration policies, such as denying asylum to refugees[citation needed] and separating undocumented children from their families, which spurred the growth of the movement.[9] Sean McElwee, co-founder of left-wing think tank Data for Progress, is credited with popularizing the slogan via the hashtag #AbolishICE.[4][10]

Protestors outside the Trump International Hotel in New York City, 27 July 2020

DONKEY FACED Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist and Democratic primary challenger to Representative Joseph Crowley, made abolishing ICE one of her top campaign issues.[16] In the wake of her unexpected victory on June 26, the position became more widely accepted by progressive politicians, including Massachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders.[17][18] The change was particularly strong in Ocasio-Cortez's state of New York, where Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and New York City mayor Bill de Blasio quickly embraced the abolition of ICE after the win.[19]

Protestors in Minneapolis call for the abolition of ICE on June 30, 2018

FOREIGNERS IN GOVERNMENT
On June 25, Wisconsin congressman Mark Pocan announced that he would introduce legislation to dismantle ICE and establish a commission to determine how the government "can implement a humane immigration enforcement system",[20] after visiting the Mexico–United States border and witnessing "the nation's immigration crisis".[21] Pocan was joined by Pramila Jayapal of Washington and Adriano Espaillat of New York in introducing the bill, the Establishing a Humane Immigration Enforcement System Act, on July 12.[14]

Trump has accused Democrats of advocating for the abolition of ICE, saying that if "you get rid of ICE, you're going to have a country that you're going to be afraid to walk out of your house".
He predicted that Democrats would get "beaten so badly" in the 2018 midterm elections because of the issue (the Democrats gained control of the House, but the Republicans expanded their majority in the Senate in the elections).[27][28] Then Vice-President Mike Pence visited ICE's headquarters in the wake of the controversy, calling ICE and Border Patrol agents "heroes".[29]

 

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After Trump took office in January 2017, his administration began to implement harsher immigration policies, such as denying asylum to refugees[citation needed] and separating undocumented children from their families, which spurred the growth of the movement.[9] Sean McElwee, co-founder of left-wing think tank Data for Progress, is credited with popularizing the slogan via the hashtag #AbolishICE.[4][10]

Sean McElwee (born 1992 or 1993) is an American policy advisor, data scientist, and activist. McElwee was the founding executive director of Data for Progress, a progressive think tank and polling firm he co-founded in 2018. In December 2022, McElwee announced he would resign from the firm amidst allegations of artificially manipulating the results of polls and his close ties to accused fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried.[1][2]

COMMUNISTS ALWAYS LIE.
Simply put, think tanks like theirs are communist front groups.
Progressivism in the United States is a political philosophy and reform movement. Into the 21st century, it advocates policies that are generally considered social democratic and part of the American Left.

American Left. Anarchists, communists, and socialists with international imperatives are also present within this macro-movement.[2]

SHARE YOUR WEALTH is social democratic Economically, it supports income redistribution and regulating the economy in the public interest.[6]

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

Redirecting to #7
a reminder why AOC & anyone wanting to abolish ICE is ansolutely INSANE.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

KJP is a lesbian immigrant from Haiti.

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THROUGH APRIL 12, 2024

ICE conducts single adult, family unit, removal flights April 12

April 12, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.



Previously convicted sex offender sentenced to over 27 years for using Snapchat to produce child sexual abuse material following HSI investigation

April 12, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Miguel Angel Garcia, 26, of San Antonio, was sentenced April 10 to 324 months of incarceration, a lifetime of supervised release and victim restitution of $30,000. Garcia pleaded guilty March 22, 2023, to production of child sexual abuse material.



Seized weapons from HSI Washington, D.C. investigation transferred to Ukrainian forces

April 12, 2024

|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives, National Security, Operational



The U.S. government transferred a shipment of weapons seized from Iran, intended to arm terrorist forces in Yemen, into the hands of the Ukrainian government April 4 to help equip Ukrainian armed forces in their fight against Russian invaders.

ERO Washington, D.C. removes Mexican fugitive wanted in home country for kidnapping, drug trafficking

April 12, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Washington, D.C. removed a Mexican national who was wanted in his home country for kidnapping and drug trafficking charges. Deportation officers from ERO Washington, D.C. removed Francisco De Leon-Martinez, a 49-year-old Mexican noncitizen, April 10 and handed him over to Mexican authorities.



ERO Boston arrests Brazilian national charged with numerous child sex offenses

April 12, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Brazilian national charged with child sex crimes in Massachusetts. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 53-year-old Brazilian native March 28 near his residence in Revere.

Florida man indicted for receiving child sexual abuse material

April 12, 2024

|Child Exploitation



If convicted on both counts, Kyle Burbank, 32, of Belleview, faces a maximum penalty of 40 years in federal prison, including a five-year minimum mandatory term of imprisonment on each count.

North Port registered sex offender indicted for attempting to transfer obscene materials to a minor

April 12, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Imran Siddiqi, 40, of North Port, faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in federal prison, including a 10-year minimum mandatory sentence if convicted on all counts.

ERO New York City apprehends 4 noncitizens charged with burglary and assault, places detainer on another

April 11, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



The individuals were charged with crimes of robbery; assault with intent to cause injury to an officer, fireman, EMT, nurse or crossing guard; resisting arrest; criminal possession of stolen property; and obstructing governmental administration. Four were released on their own recognizance after local arraignment.

Mexican national sentenced for attempting to flee US port of entry, drug trafficking following HSI Eagle Pass, federal partner investigation

April 11, 2024

|Narcotics



Caleb Eduardo Gomez-Sanchez, 35, was sentenced by a federal judge on April 10 to serve 324 months in prison. Gomez-Sanchez pleaded guilty on Sept. 13, 2021, to possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute.



ERO Washington, D.C. arrests 5 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 11, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



During the nationwide operation, ERO deportation officers apprehended 216 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs.

ERO New York City arrests twice-removed Mexican felon, member of South American theft group

April 11, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



On April 8, ERO New York City arrested an unlawfully present citizen of Mexico and legal resident of Colombia upon his release from the U.S. Bureau of Prisons Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.



ERO Boston arrests Dominican national convicted of drug trafficking offenses in 3 states

April 11, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Boston apprehended a Dominican national convicted of drug trafficking felonies in three U.S. states. Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford field office arrested the 41-year-old March 21 in Meriden.

Maryland man pleads guilty to soliciting sexually explicit images of children following HSI Baltimore investigation

April 11, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Eugene Edward Golden, 37, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty March 21 to conspiracy to commit sexual exploitation of a child and to two counts of sexual exploitation of a child in order to produce and transmit a visual depiction of the sexually explicit conduct.

HSI Eagle Pass investigation results in 12-year sentence for Texas man who distributed child sexual abuse material

April 10, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Marco Jesus Perales, 27, of Carrizo Springs, was arrested June 30, 2020, and pleaded guilty to one count of distribution of child sexual abuse material on June 24, 2021. He was sentenced April 9 to 151 months in federal prison following his conviction.



ERO Boston apprehends MS-13 member charged locally with assaulting police, family members

April 10, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Boston arrested a Salvadoran national charged locally with assault and battery on a police officer, resisting arrest, and assault and battery on a family or household member.

Texas man sentenced to 16 years for human smuggling attempt that resulted in deaths following HSI San Antonio, local partner investigation

April 9, 2024

|Human Smuggling/Trafficking



Joseph Alex Hernandez, 27, of Austin, was sentenced on April 4 to 192 months for transporting noncitizens resulting in death and 120 months for being a felon in possession of a firearm. The two sentences will run concurrently. Hernandez pleaded guilty Oct. 23, 2023.



ERO Boston apprehends Colombian national convicted of sex crimes against a California minor

April 9, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Enforcement and Removal Operations apprehended a Colombian noncitizen April 2 who was convicted of sex crimes against a California minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston arrested the 23-year-old noncitizen sex offender in Revere.



ERO Salt Lake City removes fugitive wanted for homicide in Mexico

April 9, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Jorge Luis Martinez Frias, 38, is wanted in his native Mexico for homicide. He was transported Aug. 5 from Las Vegas, Nevada, via ground transportation, arriving the same day in San Diego at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. Upon arrival at the border, Tellez was turned over to the proper authorities in Mexico.



ERO Miami removes 4 Dominican nationals wanted for homicide, armed robbery

April 9, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ICE ERO Miami deportation officers removed four undocumented noncitizens wanted by authorities for homicide and other offenses to the Dominican Republic April 2 on an ICE Air Operations charter flight.



ERO Houston removes MS-13 gang member wanted in El Salvador for aggravated homicide

April 8, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ICE ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO El Salvador and the SAFE Task Force, removed Moises Antonio Chavez Figueroa, a 32-year-old unlawfully present Salvadoran fugitive, from the United States April 5.



ERO Philadelphia removes Brazilian citizen wanted for murder

April 8, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Philadelphia removed Stanford Jahmaal Omar Bastian, a citizen of the Bahamas with a final order of removal, to the Bahamas on March 26. Bastian is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in the Bahamas for murder.

HSI Baltimore investigation lands Maryland MS-13 gang member 25 years in federal prison for racketeering, murder

April 8, 2024

|Organized Crime



Oscar Efrain Zavala-Urrea, 23, a Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, received the 25-year prison sentence March 19 for his participation in a racketeering conspiracy that included a murder related to his activities as part of the notorious MS-13 street gang.

ERO Newark arrests 8 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 8, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Newark officers apprehended eight unlawfully present noncitizens with convictions for drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort between March 11 and March 26.



ERO San Diego arrests 4 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 8, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ICE ERO San Diego officers apprehended four unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 through March 26.

ICE conducts single adult, family unit, removal flights April 5

April 5, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Ecuador, Ivory Coast, Mexico, Peru, Sierra Leone and Togo. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

HSI observes 30th anniversary of Rwandan genocide, commemorates victims

April 5, 2024

|Human Rights Violators



April 7 marks the commemoration of the Rwandan genocide, where 500,000 to one million Rwandan lives were taken in a 100-day mass killing campaign directed at Rwanda’s minority Tutsi community. Moderate Hutus and others who opposed the killings were also killed during that period.

Readout of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractor

April 5, 2024

|Statement



ICE continues to modernize the immigration system as resources allow to realize cost efficiencies across the operational landscape.



ERO Boston apprehends Dominican national convicted of drug charge in Connecticut

April 4, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



The Dominican national was admitted into the United States in October 2007 by U.S. Customs and Borders Protection.

ERO Baltimore arrests Indian national convicted of sex crimes against Maryland minor

April 4, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



The Indian national entered the United States Dec. 12, 2019, at Dulles International Airport in Dulles, Virginia, as a nonimmigrant visitor.

Readout of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with the Center for Immigration Studies

April 3, 2024

|Partnership and Engagement, Statement



U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement leadership met with leaders from the Center for Immigration Studies today.



ERO Boston apprehends Colombian national arrested for sex crimes against a Massachusetts minor

April 3, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



USBP in Eagle Pass, Texas, arrested the Colombian national on July 3, 2022, shortly after he unlawfully entered the United States. The USBP issued the noncitizen a notice to appear before a DOJ immigration judge and ERO enrolled the noncitizen into the Alternatives to Detention program.



ICE ERO Houston removes 3 Guatemalan fugitives wanted for rape

April 3, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Aurelio Coy-Quib, 41, Byron Randolfo Parada Vasquez, 27, and Luis Antonio Sian-Gonzalez, 33, were flown on a charter flight coordinated by ICE’s Air Operations Unit from the Alexandria International Airport in Alexandria, Louisiana, to the La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

HSI Laredo investigation results in the conviction of a bus passenger for smuggling over $1.2M of pure meth

April 2, 2024

|Narcotics



Eleazar Vilchiz Alonso, 62, pleaded guilty April 2 before U.S. District Judge Marina Garcia Marmolejo.

ERO Salt Lake City arrests 9 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 2, 2024

|Narcotics, Enforcement and Removal



ERO officers in the Salt Lake City area of operations covering Utah, Nevada, Montana and Idaho apprehended nine unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession-related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 through March 26.



ERO Boston arrests accused fentanyl trafficker wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic

April 2, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ERO Boston arrested an alleged fentanyl trafficker who is wanted for murder in the Dominican Republic.



ERO San Francisco arrests 27 noncitizens with drug related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 1, 2024

|Narcotics, Enforcement and Removal



ERO officers apprehended 27 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug related offenses methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 through March 26.



ERO Harlingen arrests 6 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

April 1, 2024

|Narcotics



ERO Harlingen officers apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizens who were convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 through March 26, 2024.



ERO Los Angeles arrests 28 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

March 29, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ICE ERO officers apprehended 28 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession-related offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 - 26, 2024.



ERO Boston apprehends unlawfully present Guatemalan national charged with child sex crimes in Massachusetts

March 29, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Authorities in Lynn, Massachusetts, arrested the Guatemalan noncitizen in March 2022. The Lynn District Court in Lynn, Massachusetts arraigned him on assault and battery on a household member and strangulation/suffocation charges March 30, 2022.

HSI Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Task Force investigation results in the sentencing of a convicted sex offender for uploading child pornography to Google accounts

March 29, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Oscar Ramirez Jr, 38, from McAllen, was sentenced March 27 to 180 months in federal prison. At the hearing, the court heard additional information including that Ramirez had approximately 2,070 files of child pornography, of which 64 were videos. Some videos were more than 20 minutes long.



ERO St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for narcotics possession

March 29, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



Victor Manuel Jimenez Ruiz, 33-year-old citizen of Mexico, was escorted by ERO officers from St. Paul, Minnesota, to the Brownsville, Texas, port of entry where he was transferred to Mexican authorities.

ERO New York City arrests 13 noncitizens with drug related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

March 29, 2024

|Narcotics



ERO New York City Fugitive Operations officers apprehended 13 unlawfully present noncitizens with convictions for drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving methamphetamines, fentanyl, cocaine, heroin, or synthetic drugs during a nationwide law enforcement from March 11 – 26.

Substitute teacher pleads guilty to exploiting minor following HSI Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Task Force investigation

March 29, 2024

|Child Exploitation



Juan Carlos Munoz, 42, of Mission, pleaded guilty March 29 before U.S. District Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa.



ERO New Orleans arrests 7 criminal noncitizens in focused law enforcement operation

March 29, 2024

|Narcotics, Enforcement and Removal



ICE's ERO New Orleans officers apprehended seven unlawfully present noncitizens with narcotics convictions during a nationwide law enforcement effort March 11- 22.



ERO Seattle arrests 13 noncitizens with drug-related convictions during nationwide law enforcement effort

March 29, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal



ICE's ERO Seattle arrested 13 unlawfully present noncitizens who have been convicted of drug trafficking or multiple drug possession related offenses involving illicit narcotics during a nationwide law enforcement effort that ran from March 11 - 26.

HSI San Juan executes 4 arrest warrants related to possession of illegal firearms in San Juan: 1 individual in custody, 3 at-large

March 29, 2024

|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives



HSI San Juan special agents executed four arrest warrants in the Llorens Torres public housing in San Juan after a U.S. District Judge for the District Court of Puerto Rico District signed a criminal complaint charging Luis Nomar Isaac Sanchez, Joshua Enrique Bula Cartagena, Kevin Manuel Bonilla Ramirez and Eli Yaniel Couvertier Pollock with illegal possession of a machine gun and aiding and abetting. During the operation, HSI arrested Couvertier Pollock, who is now in custody.

ICE arrests 11 noncitizens with drug-related convictions in Houston area during nationwide operation

March 28, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal, Narcotics



Among all 25 ICE ERO offices across the country, the ERO Houston Field Office apprehended the highest percentage of targets during the operation successfully arresting 11 of the 15 targets that were identified in the Houston-area for potential enforcement action.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

For ISRAEL #2
The shipment of weapons included more than 5,000 AK-47s, assault rifles, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and more than 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition.
April 12, 2024Washington, DCFirearms, Ammunition and Explosives, National Security, Operational

Seized weapons from HSI Washington, D.C. investigation transferred to Ukrainian forces​

The weapons were seized after an HSI Washington, D.C. investigation into Iran’s illegal arms shipments to Yemen

WASHINGTON — The U.S. government transferred a shipment of weapons seized from Iran, intended to arm terrorist forces in Yemen, into the hands of the Ukrainian government April 4 to help equip Ukrainian armed forces in their fight against Russian invaders. The weapons were the fruits of an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C. and the Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Defense Criminal Investigative Service (DCIS).
“This weapons transfer underscores the importance of our investigation,” said HSI Washington, D.C. Special Agent in Charge Derek W. Gordon. “We not only disrupted an obscene amount of weapons from reaching their intended destination, where they could have the potential to do untold amounts of damage, but at the same time, we aided the armed forces of an ally nation as they fight to secure their freedom from an aggressive neighbor. This action highlights the lengths to which HSI Washington, D.C. and our law enforcement partners will go to dismantle terror networks while supporting freedom at home and abroad.”
The shipment of weapons included more than 5,000 AK-47s, assault rifles, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and more than 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition. The transfer constitutes enough materiel to equip one Ukrainian brigade with small arms and will help Ukraine defend against invading Russian forces.
U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) naval forces seized the armaments from four flagless vessels in the Arabian Sea enroute from Iran and destined for Yemen, where sanctioned groups including Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps directly support the Houthi movement.
“Civil forfeiture remains an important tool in our efforts to stop or disrupt terrorist organizations like the IRGC,” said U.S. Attorney Matthew M. Graves. “Its use in this case demonstrates the power of our counter-threat financing actions to strip legal control of assets from bad actors. We are proud to have been able to work with CENTCOM in this matter, and through them to further the efforts of partners like the Ukrainian armed forces in their fight to maintain freedom.”

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

Through April 19, 2024

Venezuelan national passes away in ICE custody
cue the violins
April 19, 2024
|Detainee Death Notifications
Consistent with ICE protocols, the appropriate components were notified about the death, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Office of Inspector General, and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.

ICE conducts single adult, family unit, removal flights April 19

April 19, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Mexico and Peru. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.
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ERO Boston apprehends Honduran national arrested locally for sexual assault of a minor

April 19, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford field office arrested the 26-year-old Honduran national in New Britain April 4. Local officials ignored an ICE immigration detainer and released him from the Hartford Correctional Center.

South Texas woman sentenced for weapons cache exportation following HSI Rio Grande Valley, federal partner investigation

April 19, 2024

|Firearms, Ammunition and Explosives
Jessica Alvarado, 33, of San Juan, was sentenced April 18 by U.S. District Judge Micaela Alvarez to serve 46 months in federal prison immediately followed by three years of supervised release.

2 traffickers sentenced for narcotics smuggling attempt following HSI Rio Grande Valley, federal partner investigation

April 19, 2024

|Narcotics
Argelio Chavero, 51, of Alton, and Agustin Romero Jr., 41, a U.S. citizen residing in Mexico, were sentenced by a federal judge on April 18.



HSI Philadelphia investigation lands Pennsylvania man 70 years in prison for torture, weapons convictions

April 19, 2024

|Human Rights Violators
Ross Roggio, 55, of Stroudsburg, received the sentence April 15 in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.



HSI Washington, D.C. investigation leads to indictment for North Korean official on sanctions evasion, conspiracy to commit bank fraud, money laundering charges

April 19, 2024

|Financial Crimes
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia unsealed charges April 16 against Myong Ho Ri, who served in Thailand, for conspiracy to violate U.S. economic sanctions, bank fraud and international money laundering.

ERO Boston arrests Colombian national convicted of premeditated murder in home country

April 18, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston apprehended an unlawfully present Colombian national wanted for premeditated murder in his native country.



Homeland Security Investigations lights up Louisiana for new outreach campaign, National Child Abuse Prevention Month

April 18, 2024

|Child Exploitation
Through this partnership with HSI, state landmarks including the Caesar’s Superdome in New Orleans and the Capitol building in Baton Rouge will display the Know2Protect campaign colors April 17 and 18 to help promote public awareness.



ERO Boston removes fugitive wanted for commercial theft conviction in Brazil

April 18, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Thiago Marcos Silva Souza, 34, from the United States to Brazil March 22.



ERO Boston removes Colombian national convicted of drug trafficking charges from US to Colombia

April 18, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Yerson Enrique Chiriboga Hinestrosa, 38, to Bogota, via air.

HSI San Juan's iGuardians Summit arrives in Fajardo

April 18, 2024

|Child Exploitation



During Child Abuse Prevention Month, HSI San Juan held the long-awaited iGuardians Summit in Fajardo, the most important event on internet safety and child exploitation in Puerto Rico.

Readout of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement meeting with private detention contractor

April 18, 2024

|Statement
As one of its private detention contractors, it is imperative for the agency to engage with valued partners to ensure continued understanding of our changing mission space and the shared responsibility of appropriate care for those in custody.

ERO San Francisco arrests foreign fugitive wanted for kidnapping

April 17, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
ERO arrested a Romanian national April 5 wanted in their home country for kidnapping.

Indian national in ICE custody dies in hospital

April 17, 2024

|Detainee Death Notifications
Consistent with ICE protocols, the appropriate components were notified about the death, including the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General and the ICE Office of Professional Responsibility.



ERO Baltimore arrests Salvadoran MS-13 member convicted of conspiracy, armed robbery, weapons charges

April 17, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Baltimore apprehended a Salvadoran national and validated member of the notorious MS-13 street gang who was convicted in Maryland of conspiracy, armed robbery and weapons charges.



ERO Boston removes unlawfully present Brazilian fugitive wanted for rape in home country

April 17, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Boston removed Altair Jose Portuense-Lana, 51, via a flight to Brazil March 22.

Traveler caught with child sexual abuse material sentenced to 8 years following HSI Rio Grande Valley Child Exploitation Task Force, federal partner investigation

April 16, 2024

|Child Exploitation
Luis Alberto Hernandez-Venegas, 40, was sentenced April 15 to 97 months in federal prison. He will serve five years on supervised release after completing his prison term.



ERO Boston arrests Jamaican national convicted of robbery in Connecticut

April 16, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Hartford suboffice arrested the 25-year-old Jamaican national April 3, after he was previously released by the Connecticut Department of Corrections despite the existence of an active federal immigration detainer seeking his custody.

ERO Denver arrests 9 at-large noncitizens who violated conditions of Alternatives to Detention

April 16, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
ICE ERO officers in the Denver area of operations covering Colorado and Wyoming apprehended nine unlawfully present noncitizens who violated the conditions of their release in the ATD program during a local operation April 1-5.



ERO Boston arrests Brazilian national charged with raping a Massachusetts minor

April 15, 2024

|Enforcement and Removal
ERO Boston arrested a Brazilian national charged with raping a Massachusetts minor. Deportation officers from ERO Boston apprehended the 20-year-old Brazilian noncitizen March 28 near his residence in Lowell.

Puerto Rico police officer indicted on child exploitation charges

April 15, 2024

|Child Exploitation
HSI San Juan special agents arrested Luis Javier Perez-Badillo, a 49-year-old man from Aguadilla, whom a federal grand jury indicted April 10.

Georgia man faces 30 years in prison for bank fraud, passport fraud, aggravated identity theft

April 15, 2024

|Financial Crimes, Document and Benefit Fraud
If convicted, Gary Dale Thrasher, 56, faces a maximum penalty of 30 years in federal prison on the bank fraud counts, a maximum of 10 years of imprisonment for the passport fraud offenses, and a two-year minimum mandatory term of imprisonment for aggravated identity theft.

HSI Baltimore investigation lands Maryland MS-13 member 24 years in federal prison for his role in racketeering conspiracy

April 15, 2024

|Organized Crime
Jose Lainez-Martinez, 29, a Salvadoran national residing in Silver Spring, received the 24-year prison sentence March 26 after pleading guilty to his participation in a racketeering conspiracy, which included a murder, related to his activities as part of the MS-13 gang.

Jury convicts Florida man for fentanyl related charges, causing a near-fatal overdose

April 15, 2024

|Narcotics
Joseph Marion, 41, of St. Petersburg, previously pleaded guilty to two counts of possessing fentanyl, heroin, methamphetamine and crack cocaine with the intent to distribute.

 

[Arheel's Uncle]

Competing calls for combating maritime migrant smuggling off San Diego

A powerboat sped past surfers just offshore and onto a California beach. A dozen or so people jumped out of the vessel, ran across the sand and got into a waiting SUV on a nearby road. Officials are calling for harsher penalties on human smugglers and more resources for the Coast Guard and...

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Competing calls for combating maritime migrant smuggling off San Diego

By Michael SmolensThe San Diego Union-Tribune • April 19, 2024

Surfers walk past one of two pangas that are believed to have been used to smuggle migrants and overturned in the ocean where at least eight people died.Surfers walk past one of two pangas that are believed to have been used to smuggle migrants and overturned in the ocean where at least eight people died. (Nelvin C. Cepeda/TNS)

Late Saturday morning, a powerboat sped past surfers just offshore and onto a populated Carlsbad beach, where a dozen or so people jumped out of the vessel, ran across the sand and into an SUV waiting on a nearby road.What appeared to be a migrant smuggling operation was captured in a dramatic cellphone video that quickly went viral.The incident triggered responses from several elected officials — and two different points of view about what should be done to discourage increasingly common maritime trafficking operations.

On Monday, Republican county Supervisor Jim Desmond joined a handful of North County municipal leaders at a beachside news conference in Carlsbad where they called for harsher penalties on human smugglers and more resources for the Coast Guard and National Guard.Some of them also blamed state policies providing shelters and legal representation for migrants, while restricting local law agencies from assisting in federal immigration enforcement.

That same day, Rep. Mike Levin, D-San Juan Capistrano, called on House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., to bring a bipartisan bill to the House floor that would extend the ocean enforcement limit for the Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations.Levin also noted he had supported legislation for more border agents, equipment and other resources and tougher restrictions on who can be granted asylum.

Congressional Republicans in February killed the sweeping border proposal that was tied to foreign aid [UKRAINE/ISRAEL], at least in part at the behest of former President Donald Trump.In his statement, Levin did not specifically refer to the Carlsbad boat beaching but mentioned “recent incidents of unidentified vessels landing onshore in our district...”The juxtaposition of Levin and Desmond et al. suggested two sides with the same goal, while talking past each other.

Boats carrying migrants landing on California shores is not new, but the practice has increased in recent years in San Diego County, from Imperial Beach and Point Loma in the south to Oceanside in the north.Maritime smuggling has grown significantly in Orange, Los Angeles and Ventura counties as well, according to the Department of Homeland Security.In March 2023, the Coast Guard said Southern California’s coastal region had seen a 771 percent spike in such incidents since 2017, though they remain a small portion of overall border-crossing attempts.Dozens of migrant deaths at sea had been recorded over that period of time and continue, but officials say the true number is unknown.

The boats used are often small pangas that typically are overloaded with people and poorly maintained. The boat beached in Carlsbad was more substantial than a panga, but packed nonetheless.Various reasons are given for the increase in seafaring migration, with tougher land border enforcement and the difficulty in obtaining asylum among them.Desmond focused on the maritime incidents, but reflected on the broader border migration trends.“This surge in illegal border crossings, coupled with FBI Director Christopher Wray’s recent warning of terrorist threats, underscores the urgency of the situation,” he said in a statement Monday.He also suggested California is more of a magnet than other border states because of free health care and legal defense afforded migrants.

“Even if law enforcement were able to respond swiftly to such incidents, state law prohibits them from coordinating with (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for deportation purposes,” Desmond added.Immigration aside, state sanctuary laws do not stop local police from enforcing laws aimed at protecting public safety. More than one of those almost certainly was broken by those driving the high-speed boat onto the beach.Desmond also mentioned that other states take “significant steps to secure their borders” and suggested California do the same.

Texas is currently in a legal battle with the SHI++Y FOOL ON THE HILL & administration over its immigration enforcement efforts, which by law are the province of the federal government.“We urgently call upon the state of California and the federal government to take decisive action,” he said.While urging more for resources for the National Guard and the Coast Guard, his statement made no mention of Customs and Border Protection — or the failed border enforcement bill.

Levin said that last year he spoke with members of CBP’s Air and Marine Operations about what would help secure coastal borders. Agents told him extending U.S. custom waters would bolster their mission to interdict drug and human trafficking at sea.A bill pending in the House, H.R. 529 by Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla., would double the U.S. customs waters from 12 to 24 nautical miles offshore.“Last week, Speaker Johnson was unable to bring H.R. 529 to the House floor as originally planned because of chaos within the House Republican Conference,”

Levin said.“If Speaker Johnson and the Republican Party care about solving our immigration crisis, stopping the flow of illegal fentanyl, and securing our borders like they claim, then they must bring this bill to the floor immediately. We need bipartisan, pragmatic solutions. This is one of them.”Johnson’s speakership may be hanging by a thread, with some GOP members angling to remove him. Broad border enforcement measures such as the one Republicans rejected earlier this year no longer seem on the table.Though that proposal was heavily weighted toward Republican priorities, some GOP members said it wasn’t enough. Others said they were opposed because the bill could help President Joe Biden in the November election.Global economics, politics and, more recently, climate change will continue to increase migration pressures at the United States’ doorstep.Decades of stalemate over immigration in Washington have resulted in border chaos and reduced much debate over it to finger-pointing.

Clearly, there has to be a way to manage the influx to better protect U.S. borders and coastlines, and the people seeking to breach them.In his remarks at the beach, but not included in his written release, Desmond said something the vast majority of people likely agree with.“If we would treat people humanly, have an immigration system that worked and we enforce those laws, I think we’d be a much better country,” Desmond said, according to 10 News.

“People could enter with dignity, with their head held high instead of coming in, dropping off on boats and have to run through our streets.”The problem is not enough people can agree on how to do that.

Read more at: https://www.stripes.com/branches/co...ime-migrant-smuggling-san-diego-13600488.html
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