News from November 2022
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with Princess Cruises, expanded the use of facial biometrics into the debarkation process at the Port of San Diego, becoming the latest seaport to modernize efforts to revolutionize cruise travel.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Effective November 23, 2022, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel at all U.S. ports of entry will detain raw sugar and sugar-based products produced in the Dominican Republic by Central Romana Corporation Limited (Central Romana).
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 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 26, 2022
A Missouri man who was the subject of an undercover investigation in the United Kingdom has been sentenced in federal court on child sexual exploitation charges, following a joint Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and law enforcement partner investigation.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office apprehended 12 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) New York Field Office arrested an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for homicide.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City Field Office removed Alexandru Claudiu Pascu, 24, a citizen of Romania, from the United States.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Houston, ERO Honduras and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement (SAFE) removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive Nov. 18 wanted in his home country of Honduras for murder, attempted murder and illicit associations.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Deportation officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Boston 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 26, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers apprehended 15 unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses, including those with an executable final order of removal, during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Seattle Field Office apprehended five unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles Field Office arrested 21 noncitizen sex offenders from Oct. 22 to Nov. 4 during a national operation targeting unlawfully present individuals who were previously convicted of sex offenses.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Salt Lake City Field Office apprehended five unlawfully present noncitizens convicted of sex offenses during a nationwide enforcement effort Oct. 22 through Nov. 4.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Austin Kober, 24, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today by United States District Court Judge John M. Gerrard to a term of 228 months’ imprisonment following his conviction for distribution of 50 grams or more of actual methamphetamine following a joint HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 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 Nov. 16, 2022, 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 26, 2022
Special Agent in Charge of Homeland Security Investigations Kansas City Katherine Greer and Acting United States Attorney Steven Russell announced that Raymond L. Moreno, 37, of Grand Island, Nebraska, was sentenced today in federal court in Lincoln. United States District Judge John M. Gerrard sentenced Moreno to 120 months in prison for one count of distribution of five grams or more of methamphetamine (actual) and 120 months in prison for one count of distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine (actual), following a joint HSI and law enforcement partner investigation.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Los Angeles Field Office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Honduras for murder Nov. 18.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced it is extending and expanding previously announced filing fee exemptions and expedited application processing for certain Afghan nationals.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
Starting around November 17, 2022 and lasting up to a month, a helicopter towing a large hoop from a cable will make low-level flights over areas of the western San Joaquin Valley in Fresno, Kings, and Kern Counties near Coalinga and the Pyramid Hills, with limited surveying near Lost Hills.
By Press release submission | Nov 26, 2022
The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in partnership with Nevada and Oregon officials, announces more than $1.45 million has been awarded to conduct geologic mapping, airborne geophysical surveying and geochemical sampling in support of critical mineral resource studies.
