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International travel this holiday season is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels this holiday season, making preparation even more important. To make the travel experience easier, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will host a Facebook Live event Monday at 2 p.m
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CBP, Princess Cruise Line Introduce Facial Biometrics at Port of San Diego
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with Princess Cruises, expanded the use of facial biometrics into the debarkation process at the Port of San Diego, becoming the latest seaport to modernize efforts to revolutionize cruise travel.
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CBP Issues Withhold Release Order on Central Romana Corporation Limited
Effective November 23, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain raw sugar and sugar-based products produced in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation Limited (Central Romana).
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CBP Increases Recruitment Incentive for Border Patrol Agents
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is increasing its recruitment incentive to up to $20,000 for newly appointed Border Patrol Agent (BPA) applicants who enter on duty after November 9, 2022 and meet the requirements of the recruitment incentive.
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Missouri man sentenced to 19 years for child sexual exploitation following a joint HSI, law enforcement partner investigation
A Missouri man who was the subject of an undercover investigation in the United Kingdom has been sentenced in federal court on child sexual exploitation charges, following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.
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ERO New York arrests multiple sex offenders during national operation
Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office apprehended 12 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
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ERO New York arrests Mexican national wanted for homicide
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office arrested an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for homicide.
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Foreign fugitive and son of reputed crime boss removed by ERO Salt Lake City
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City Field Office removed Alexandru Claudiu Pascu, 24, a citizen of Romania, from the United States.
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Foreign fugitive wanted for murder, attempted murder, illicit associations removed to Honduras
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive Nov. 18 wanted in his home country of Honduras for murder, attempted murder and illicit associations.
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ERO Boston arrests multiple sex offenders during national operation
Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston Field Office apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
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ERO San Francisco apprehends 15 during national operation targeting noncitizen sex offenders
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 15 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses, including those with an executable final order of removal, during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
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Multiple sex offenders arrested by ERO Seattle during national operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle Field Office apprehended five unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
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21 noncitizen sex offenders apprehended in Los Angeles area during national ICE operation targeting unlawfully present sexual predators
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles Field Office arrested 21 noncitizen sex offenders from Oct. 22 to Nov. 4 during a national operation targeting unlawfully present individuals who were previously convicted of sex offenses.
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ERO Salt Lake City arrests 5 unlawfully present sex offenders as part of national operation
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City Field Office apprehended five unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
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Grand Island repeat offender sentenced to 19 years for distributing methamphetamine following joint HSI, law enforcement partner investigation
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Austin Kober, 24, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 228 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine following a joint HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
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Hastings man sentenced for distributing methamphetamine following joint HSI, law enforcement partner investigation
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Robert Williams, 52, of Hastings, Nebraska, was sentenced Nov. 16, 2022, by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 144 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute.
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Nebraska man sentenced to 10 years in prison for distribution of methamphetamine following joint HSI, law enforcement partner investigation
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Raymond L. Moreno, 37, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Moreno to 120 months in prison for one count of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and 120 months in prison for one count of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), following a joint HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
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ICE removes foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles Field Office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder Nov. 18.
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USCIS Extends and Expands Fee Exemptions and Expedited Processing for Afghan Nationals
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it is extending and expanding previously announced filing fee exemptions and expedited application processing for certain Afghan nationals.
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Greer: HSI programs help with 'increased protection of children and teens from predators'
The Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City Investigation division recently declared Nov. 18 as World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.
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