News from January 2023
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to Laredo South station in collaboration with other law enforcement agencies closed a stash house in Laredo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the Eagle Pass International Bridge seized fentanyl that totaled over $170,000 in street value.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Laredo South Station halted a human smuggling attempt in Laredo, Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
This week U.S. Border Patrol agents and their furry, four-legged canine partners began a journey and mission to help improve the mental health of the Border Patrol workforce nationwide.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) worked with their federal and international partners to seize nearly 37,887 pounds of cocaine and 1,518 pounds of marijuana in international waters between November 1 and December 31, 2022, denying criminal organizations an estimated $77.3 million in proceeds.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection released operational statistics today for December 2022, which can be viewed online here.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
A federal judge sentenced an El Paso man to 160 months in prison Jan. 23 for receiving and distributing a visual depiction involving the sexual exploitation of a minor.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Officers with Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Denver removed Gerber Membreno-Portillo, 22, a noncitizen fugitive wanted in El Salvador, from the United States Jan. 13.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Philadelphia field office removed an unlawfully present foreign fugitive wanted in Mexico for homicide Jan. 11.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Officers with the Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) San Antonio field office removed an unlawfully present noncitizen foreign fugitive Jan. 17. The noncitizen was wanted in Mexico for attempted femicide and rape.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Richmond led an investigation that resulted in a 55-month prison sentence for a Houston resident found guilty of drug trafficking and money laundering offenses.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
A federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas sentenced two La Quarenta gang members to prison Jan. 19. The pair ran a large-scale drug trafficking operation in Southeast Texas.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Following an investigation by Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans, an Iowa, Louisiana man was sentenced to more than 21 years of imprisonment for child exploitation Jan. 13.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) El Paso officers removed an undocumented citizen of Mexico to his home country Jan. 18, where he was wanted in connection with the 2014 abduction of 43 Mexican college students.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Miami, in partnership with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, arrested Giovanni Radu, a 22-year-old citizen of Italy who entered the United States as a nonimmigrant and violated the terms of his admission. ERO Miami detained Radu in Royal Palm Beach.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today announced that certain asylum applicants can now file Form I-765, Application for Employment Authorization, online.
By Press release submission | Jan 27, 2023
USCIS is extending the validity of Permanent Resident Cards (also known as Green Cards) for petitioners who properly file Form I-751,
By State Newswire Report | Jan 27, 2023
Steve Yates, senior fellow and chair of the America First Policy Institute’s (AFPI) China Policy Initiative, said he supports House Speaker Kevin McCarthy's potential upcoming trip to Taiwan and believes the trip will demonstrate the United States' commitment to maintaining a strong relationship with the island.
By Tamara Browning | Jan 27, 2023
Pork and cattle producers have joined a lawsuit against a final rule announced Jan. 18 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of the Army establishing a durable definition of “waters of the United States” that is designed to reduce harm to communities and waters.
By Federal Newswire | Jan 27, 2023
U.S. Representative Andy Harris was elected in 2010 to represent the 1st Congressional District of Maryland. Before entering politics he was a practicing anesthesiologist and medical officer in the Naval Reserve.
