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Recent News About U.S. Department Of Homeland Security
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Deportation officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Washington, D.C. field office arrested a Salvadoran fugitive, who is listed as one of El Salvador’s top 100 most wanted criminals. ERO Washington D.C. apprehended Herberth Bonilla-Garcia, 40, during a targeted operation in Manassas, Virginia Dec. 1.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the Fiscal Year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) signed today by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. included key measures to enable the agency’s critical homeland security missions.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Panama, in coordination with the local Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU), in addition to HSI Operation Expanded Impact Costa Rica and the Government of Costa Rica, executed 20 arrest warrants and 23 search warrants that resulted in the arrest of 19 individuals, the seizure of several vehicles, and the rescue of 77 migrants, Dec. 13.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar announced Monday, that Christopher James Masterson, 35, of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina was sentenced to 30 years in the Bureau of Prisons for the sexual exploitation of minor children. Salazar was joined in the announcement by United States Attorney Mark Totten.
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Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit Field Office apprehended a Mexican national in Akron, Ohio who is wanted for sexual abuse of minor in Mexico, Dec. 13, 2022.
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A federal grand jury in Del Rio returned an indictment last week charging a Mexican national with possessing a firearm and smuggling goods from the United States. Homeland Security Investigations is investigating the case with assistance from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Dallas Division and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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Three Missouri men have been sentenced in federal court for their roles in a scheme to transport tens of thousands of stolen catalytic converters across state lines as part of a multimillion-dollar business following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston field office, commonly called ERO Boston, removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Portugal Dec.14. The man is wanted in Portugal for drug trafficking.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents on Dec. 20 arrested a legal U.S. resident, who allegedly submitted doctored paperwork to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), defrauding the government and applicants.
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An investigation led by Homeland Security Investigations Charleston, commonly called HSI Charleston, resulted in a 25-year prison sentence followed by a lifetime of supervised release for an Elkview, West Virginia man.
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A federal judge sentenced a San Antonio man Thursday to 190 months in prison for conspiring to kidnap and transport an undocumented noncitizen.
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The National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center (IPR Center) announced a new partnership between Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and the Pharmaceutical Security Institute (PSI) to combat illicit pharmaceutical trade and protect patients from the health and safety threats posed by counterfeit medications, Dec. 19.
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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Boston field office, commonly called ERO Boston, removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Portugal Dec.14. The man is wanted in Portugal for drug trafficking.
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Special agents from Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Baltimore Field Office seized 23 separate internet domains Friday for allegedly live streaming World Cup matches, an infringement of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) copyrights. Individuals visiting the sites will now see a message that the site has been seized by the federal government and be redirected to another site for additional information.
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Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), in partnership with the FBI and National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), issued a national public safety alert today highlighting an incremental rise in incidents of children and teens being coerced into sending explicit images online and extorted for money – a crime known as financial sextortion.
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Special agents from the Homeland Security Investigations Baltimore field office, commonly called HSI Baltimore, spearheaded a coordinated crime suppression operation in and around Baltimore to combat a recent rise in crime
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On Dec. 14, deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations New York field office, commonly called ERO New York, apprehended a Salvadoran national who is wanted for homicide and criminal participation in MS-13 in El Salvador.
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On Dec. 23, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility final rule will go into effect
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U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is providing information for nonimmigrant workers whose employment has terminated, either voluntarily or involuntarily.
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News Release: ATLANTA - After you apply for disaster assistance from FEMA, you may be referred to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). If you receive an email from the SBA with a disaster loan application link, you should click the link, fill out the application, and return it.