Friday Five

week of May 3, 2024

Check out our weekly recap of top news from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlighting the work of Enforcement Removal and Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). For more news from ICE, visit our newsroom.

'The FELEG partnerships enhance law enforcement investigations on the national and international level, particularly related to cyber-enabled crime, where complex tactics and cyber techniques empower transnational criminal organizations and threaten global security.' -- Acting Director Lechleitner

Annual Principals Meeting of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group concludes

ICE Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director PJ Lechleitner hosted the Five Eyes Law Enforcement Group Annual Principals Meeting this week, where international and national partners met to discuss technology, innovation and encryption, and the emergent impacts on global safety. 🔗Keep reading

Individuals who lack a lawful basis to stay in the United States are ordered removed, consistent with U.S. law -- all individuals who are removed have been screened for protection concerns.

ICE conducts single adult, family unit, removal flights May 3

ICE, a component agency of the Department of Homeland Security, working in close coordination across the department including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults, family units, April 29 – May 3. 🔗Keep reading

'We will remain committed to our mission of keeping communities safe. Noncitizens who have committed crimes in their home countries will find no refuge in the U.S.' -- ERO San Antonio Field Office Director Corey Price

ERO San Antonio removes noncitizen wanted for homicide in Mexico

ERO San Antonio removed a noncitizen wanted by authorities in Mexico for homicide. Deportation officers removed Juvenal Arroyo Hernandez, 48, from the United States to Mexico April 25. 🔗Keep reading

A Massachusetts man was sentenced April 30 in a federal court in Boston for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material and violating the terms of his supervised release.

Massachusetts man sentenced to 8 years for child sexual abuse material offenses after HSI Investigation

A Massachusetts man was sentenced April 30 in a federal court in Boston for receiving and possessing child sexual abuse material and violating the terms of his supervised release. 🔗Keep reading

'ERO will continue to protect our nation through enforcing immigration laws and removing wanted criminals back to their home country.' -- ERO Harlingen Field Office Director Miguel Vergara

ERO Harlingen removes noncitizen wanted for aggravated extortion in El Salvador

ERO Harlingen removed an undocumented noncitizen wanted by authorities in El Salvador for aggravated extortion. Deportation officers removed Cindy Patricia Quintanilla, 35, a citizen of El Salvador, from the United States to El Salvador April 24. 🔗Keep reading

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