News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Comer, Grothman Blast Biden Administration’s Failure to Cooperate with IG on Botched Afghanistan Withdrawal
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Mace, Comer, Oversight Republicans Sound Alarm Over the Biden Administration’s Plan to Ban Oil and Gas Exports
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A Texas woman plead guilty Nov. 2, for illegally smuggling a spider monkey, following an investigation conducted by Homeland Security Investigation (HSI), U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Kingsville Police Department.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A local man was sentenced to 35 years in prison Oct. 27, based on his criminal convictions for filming himself sexually abusing three children under the age of nine, and then distributing the child pornography to others over the internet, announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Detroit Special Agent in Charge Angie Salazar.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A Phoenix-area man was sentenced Oct. 21 to 188 months in prison for child exploitation offenses following a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and U.S. Border Patrol investigation.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
An Oklahoma man was sentenced Oct. 27, to 40 years in prison for transporting child pornography that he produced of an 18-month-old infant, and for being a person required to register as a sex offender who committed a felony offense involving a minor, announced Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Chicago Special Agent in Charge R. Sean Fitzgerald.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
As the 2022 World Series presented by Capital One gets underway this week, fans are heading to Houston and Philadelphia to support their teams and purchase officially licensed gear and memorabilia.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A local man was recently sentenced to 200 months in federal prison for producing child pornography, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) El Paso special agents.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
The mastermind behind one of the largest marriage fraud conspiracies in U.S. history was sentenced to 10 years in prison Oct. 27, in the Southern District of Texas, following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Houston, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI).
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A Galveston-area man was sentenced Oct. 26 to more than 14 years in federal prison for receiving and possessing child pornography following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Galveston and the Houston Metro Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Hector Diaz Perez, 26, of Monterey, California, was sentenced on Oct. 21, by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 83 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for possession of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine actual, with the intent to distribute.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), the criminal investigative agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), conducted a large-scale enforcement action in Guatemala that led to the execution of 20 arrest warrants and 54 search warrants in Guatemala City, Huehuetenango, and Quetzaltenango, Guatemala, Oct. 24-25.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
A Deming man pleaded guilty Oct. 26, to production and attempted production of child pornography, receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography, and enticement and attempted enticement of a minor.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
On Monday, October 31, 2022, the Department of Homeland Security’s final rule (PDF) to preserve and fortify Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) went into effect.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Starting in mid-November, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will change how we calculate processing times for orphan and Hague cases. These changes provide stakeholders better information about the total time it may take to receive a decision on their application or petition and are consistent with an agency-wide shift in how processing times for other cases are calculated. Most importantly, USCIS remains committed to processing intercountry adoption cases as quickly and efficiently as possible.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
On Aug. 19, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced that it no longer recognizes the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as an accrediting agency.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is clarifying its Aug. 25, 2020, policy on implementing the requirement that workers leave the United States for at least 30 days after two renewals of their CNMI-Only Transitional Worker (CW-1) visa classification.
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Deming man pleads guilty to child pornography charges
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Convicted Felon Sentenced to 12 Years for Illegally Possessing a Firearm
By Press release submission | Nov 5, 2022
Former Philadelphia Sheriff’s Deputy Arrested and Charged With Trafficking Firearms
