The most recent press release, "ICE HSI investigation leads to 3 Vietnamese residents permanently enjoined from operating pandemic-related fraud scheme," was submitted on Dec. 28, 2021.
The Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement published 38 press releases the month before, marking a 26 percent decrease for the current month.
The Immigration and Naturalization Service (ICE) is the second largest investigative agency in the federal government.
Calls have increased since 2018 to abolish or significantly reform ICE as immigration rates in the US increase and many are turned away.
Press releases by the Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in December 2021
| Title | Publication Date |
|---|---|
| ICE HSI investigation leads to 3 Vietnamese residents permanently enjoined from operating pandemic-related fraud scheme | 12/28/2021 |
| Mexican national sentenced for role in drug conspiracy | 12/23/2021 |
| ICE announces use of body worn camera in new pilot program | 12/21/2021 |
| ICE HSI holiday counterfeit operation seizes $1 million in counterfeit drugs, products | 12/17/2021 |
| 9 Phoenix-area people indicted for payment protection program fraud | 12/17/2021 |
| South Texas man convicted of selling child pornography images, following ICE HSI investigation | 12/17/2021 |
| Brazil, ICE HSI investigation prevents a neo-Nazi group’s planned mass casualty attack on New Year’s Eve | 12/17/2021 |
| 4 Houston-area men charged in $35M COVID-19 relief fraud scheme | 12/15/2021 |
| ICE announces extension to I-9 compliance flexibility | 12/15/2021 |
| North Texas man sentenced to 5 years in prison for attempting to export weapons and ammunition following an ICE HSI, federal partner assisted, investigation | 12/15/2021 |
| 3 more individuals charged with sex trafficking young runaway girls in Houston-area human trafficking conspiracy | 12/15/2021 |
| Southeast Texas operation targeting violent fugitives leads to 351 arrests, seizure of more than $4.3 million | 12/14/2021 |
| ICE HSI investigation results in 3-year sentence for Philippine national for child pornography conviction | 12/10/2021 |
| Federal judge imposes lengthy sentence on east Tennessee woman after joint ICE HSI and ICAC child exploitation investigation | 12/10/2021 |
| ICE attends memorial in El Salvador remembering victims of El Mozote massacre 40 years later, coinciding with Human Rights Day | 12/10/2021 |
| ICE HSI investigation leads to guilty verdict for former reality television personality | 12/09/2021 |
| HSI-led investigations net largest-ever seizures of Iranian weapons, fuel | 12/08/2021 |
| West Texas man sentenced to more than 12 years for coercing, enticing a minor | 12/08/2021 |
| Tampa woman sentenced for laundering $2 million in international "child modeling" websites | 12/08/2021 |
| Former Mexican police officer sentenced to 30 years for sexually exploiting child, following ICE HSI investigation | 12/08/2021 |
| ICE HSI, local police investigation leads to 6-year sentence for North Dakota man | 12/07/2021 |
| Los Angeles Fashion District company owner sentenced to prison for committing customs violations and tax offenses following HSI probe | 12/06/2021 |
| US-Brazil coordination leads to takedown of significant human smuggling ring | 12/03/2021 |
| ICE HSI Casa Grande investigation sends smugglers to prison | 12/02/2021 |
| ICE HSI investigation results in a south Texas tractor trailer driver pleading guilty for transporting dozens of noncitizens | 12/02/2021 |
| Southwest Texas man faces a 10-year prison sentence for possession of child pornography following ICE HSI, local law enforcement partners, investigation | 12/02/2021 |
| IPR Center, Europol make Cyber Monday shopping safer; seize $3 million in counterfeit goods | 12/01/2021 |
| HSI partners with State Attorney General’s office in child exploitation investigation resulting in conviction and lengthy federal prison sentence | 12/01/2021 |
