News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
The wheels on this passenger’s wheelchair stopped going round and round on arrival at John F. Kennedy International Airport when U. S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized her loaded wheelchair.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents rescued three people that were lost and one person was found unresponsive at Laredo Sector.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers continue to seize unreported currency at Washington Dulles International Airport, after officers seized $33,000 from an Egypt-bound traveler on Tuesday.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a person with an outstanding warrant near Laredo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers conducting inspections at the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad crossing just west of the Paso Del Norte port of entry in El Paso intercepted 215 pounds of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $420,000.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Laredo Sector Border Patrol participated in the annual Laredo Noon Optimist’s Youth Appreciation Day.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Rio Grande Valley Sector (RGV) Border Patrol agents interdicted four smuggling events leading to 117 arrests.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
International travel this holiday season is expected to reach pre-pandemic levels this holiday season, making preparation even more important.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
While counterfeit goods pose a threat all year round, consumers should be on especially high alert during the holiday season.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
“In response to the change in populations we are encountering at the border, and continuing in our commitment to provide lawful pathways for admission so that desperate asylum seekers do not place their vulnerable lives in the hands of smugglers, we implemented a new process for Venezuelan nationals that has resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of Venezuelan encounters at our border.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations San Antonio Field Office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive who is wanted for homicide in his home country of Mexico.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Deportation Officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Baltimore field office arrested a 36-year-old Togolese national with a lengthy criminal record.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston Field Office arrested eight noncitizen sex offenders from Oct. 21-Nov. 4 during a national operation targeting unlawfully present individuals who have previously been convicted of sex offenses
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Enforcement and Removal Operations officers apprehended 138 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses, including those with an executable final order of removal, during a nationwide enforcement effort from Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Detroit Field Office apprehended six unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers in Denver apprehended two unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses, including those with executable final orders of removal, during a nationwide enforcement effort from Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
For more than two decades, Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City has protected the public from crimes of victimization and strategically targeted and investigated individuals and networks that engage in child exploitation. Recently, the United Nations officially declared Nov. 18 to be the World Day for the Prevention of and Healing from Child Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Violence.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia Field Office removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive on Nov. 9.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Jacob R. Price, 38, of Bellevue, was sentenced Nov. 17 in federal court by Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter Jr. to 168 months’ imprisonment for receipt of child pornography following a joint HSI, law enforcement partner investigation.
