News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted sex offender, shortly after he illegally entered the United States, Jan. 18.While conducting line watch operations, Eagle Pass North Station agents encountered five subjects attempting to avoid detection near Eagle Pass.

During a 12-month timeframe, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Louisville have seized thousands and thousands of packages that contain counterfeit items, agricultural pests, or narcotics shipped from criminals in the U.S. and overseas

The US Homeland Security Department published a three page proposed rule on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

News Release: WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today released the second Center for Countering Human Trafficking (CCHT) Annual Report, outlining the Department’s achievements in combatting human trafficking during the previous fiscal year (FY). As a global leader in the fight against human...

The US Homeland Security Department published a one page notice on Jan. 31, according to the U.S. Government Publishing Office.

An unlawfully present Mexican national pleaded guilty Jan. 30 to multiple crimes related to her role in operating a sex trafficking ring out of a Houston-area cantina.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Mexico, removed a foreign fugitive from the U.S. Jan. 30 who is wanted for homicide in his home country of Mexico.

A Jamaican citizen and felon, apprehended by Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore, received an 84-month prison sentence followed by five years of supervised release for drug charges and illegal reentry into the United States.

Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, with assistance from ERO Tegucigalpa and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) Task Force in Honduras, removed a foreign fugitive from the U.S. Jan. 27 who is wanted in Honduras for murder.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents are seeking additional victims whom a local woman, charged federally with impersonating a federal employee, may have defrauded.

An Ohio man was arraigned Jan. 26 on criminal charges related to his alleged false statements to U.S. immigration and law enforcement officials about his military service and involvement in a politically and ethnically-motivated attack on civilians in Croatia during the civil war in the former Yugoslavia in the 1990s, following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit, FBI joint probe.

An investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C. field office resulted in convictions of four men for their involvement in an online child exploitation network.

A Southeast Texas man was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison Jan. 26 for attempting to sell large quantities of cocaine and methamphetamines to undercover law enforcement officials.

A Detroit man who photographed his sexual assaults of a young child and forced an adult to engage in prostitution was sentenced to life in prison, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar announced Tuesday.

Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents arrested a local woman Jan. 23 on criminal charges related to her alleged wire fraud and impersonation of a federal employee.