News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
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 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.
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 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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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).
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
As we move toward an increasing electronic environment, we now scan and upload many documents into electronic database systems.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
The Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas has a deep cultural connection to the distinctive longleaf pine tree.
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Third Committee General Statement on UNGA 77 (Short Form)

By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Remarks by Dr. Liz Sherwood-Randall, White House Homeland Security Advisor, at a UN Security Council High-Level Debate on Counterterrorism in Africa
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
General Statement on the UN General Assembly Fourth Committee Resolutions on Israeli-Palestinian Issues
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
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
By Press release submission | Nov 21, 2022
Explanation of Vote on a Third Committee Resolution on the Use of Mercenaries