News published on Federal Newswire in November 2022

News from November 2022


A Texas woman was sentenced to two years in federal prison for sending meth-laced papers disguised as mail to the Coastal Bend Detention Center following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Corpus Christi and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Service, the GEO Group, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, the Corpus Christi Police Department, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the Bureau of Prisons and the FBI Miami Task Force.


U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's Enforcement and Removal Operations Miami Field Office, with support from ERO Honduras and its Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement taskforce, removed a foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for homicide.


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 today 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.


Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Sidney Marker, 28, of Seward, Nebraska, was sentenced in an Omaha federal court Nov. 14 for conspiracy to sex traffic minors following an HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.


Three individuals were arrested following a joint investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) offices in Louisville, San Diego and San Francisco after a federal indictment was unsealed in the U.S. District Court in the Western District of Kentucky.


Last month, a federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment against a man for his alleged involvement in importation of fentanyl into the United States from Mexico and possession with intent to distribute fentanyl following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).


An investigation led by the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Washington, D.C. field office landed a Fairfax, Virginia man in federal prison for 16 years.


Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston is warning the public to beware of scammers spoofing legitimate law enforcement phone numbers and impersonating HSI special agents or other federal, state and local law enforcement personnel.


In late Oct. 2022, a man was sentenced to 42 months in federal prison for smuggling ammunition from the United States into Mexico following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.


As we move toward an increasing electronic environment, we now scan and upload many documents into electronic database systems.


On Nov. 10, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) posted a Federal Register Notice announcing the continuation of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) and certain related documents for beneficiaries under the TPS designations that remain subject to the court orders in the Ramos et al. v. Nielsen and Bhattarai et al. v. Nielsen et al. lawsuits.


Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs Bryan Newland announced today the approval of a land into trust acquisition for the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.


The Biden-Harris administration today announced $109.48 million from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to create good-paying union jobs and catalyze economic opportunity by reclaiming abandoned mine lands (AML) in Alabama, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas and New Mexico.


Since departing Dutch Harbor on August 11, the uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) Saildrone Surveyor has been collecting seafloor mapping and surface oceanographic data in priority areas of the relatively unexplored Aleutian Islands.


The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has a deep cultural connection to the distinctive longleaf pine tree.


Third Committee General Statement on UNGA 77 (Short Form)


Remarks by Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House Homeland Security Advisor, at a UN Security Council High-Level Debate on Counterterrorism in Africa

Remarks by Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House Homeland Security Advisor, at a UN Security Council High-Level Debate on Counterterrorism in Africa


General Statement on the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee Resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian Issues


Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution Proposed by Cuba on Promotion of Peace as a Vital Requirement for Full Enjoyment of Human Rights


Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries