News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City officers apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of drug trafficking or possession offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl and heroin during a nationwide enforcement effort Jan. 23 through Feb. 6.

A federal court convicted a Mexican citizen and U.S. visa holder Feb. 8 for trafficking approximately $650,000 in meth following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Laredo investigation.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 67 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of drug trafficking or possession offenses involving methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin during a nation-wide enforcement effort Jan. 23 through Feb. 6.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York City officers effected the voluntary return of Abdiel Emanuel De la Garza Hernandez, an unlawfully present Mexican citizen wanted for homicide Feb. 2.

An Organized Crime and Drug Enforcement Task Force investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston and the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Los Angeles Division has resulted in two Mexican nationals being charged in the District of Columbia with conspiring to traffic methamphetamines and the precursor chemicals needed to manufacture methamphetamines.

A judge with the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced a Houston-area child predator Feb. 9 to 80 years in federal prison for two counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of distribution of child pornography following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Mexico, removed a foreign fugitive from the United States Feb. 9 who has illegally entered the U.S. 10 times and is wanted in his home country of Mexico for robbery.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has issued guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update when an immigrant visa number “becomes available” for the purpose of calculating a noncitizen’s age in certain situations under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).

Save time by filing all required initial evidence and supporting documentation listed under the “Checklist of Required Initial Evidence” heading at the same time you file Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. Clara Dahill-Baue was selected by her alma mater, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, to represent the institute internationally at the MIT Portugal Conference held September 2022.

These are words that coworkers and family members repeatedly used to describe Petty Officer 2nd Class David “Jake” Flores, the Coast Guardsman selected as the 2022 USO Service Member of the Year.

Next up on MyCG’s holiday menu is a unique Roasted Butternut Squash, Sausage, and Cranberry Stuffing from Chief Petty Officer Sonata Haley, a culinary specialist and special command aide (SCA) to Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda L. Fagan.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers working outbound operations seized multiple weapons in two unrelated enforcement actions.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection announces the opening of the Ogdensburg Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) Enrollment Center located at the Ogdensburg Port of Entry

The bag may have been forgotten by a traveler at John F. Kennedy International Airport, however U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers and K-9 still stopped this load of dangerous narcotics from entering the United States.On December 19, a flight arrived from Guayaquil, Ecuador CBP officers and K-9 inspected all the checked-on luggage on the aircraft.