Friday Five

week of May 10, 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.

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 10

ICE, a component agency of DHS, working in close coordination across the department including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, continued to facilitate removal flights of single adults and family units May 6 to May 10. Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador and Mexico. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law. 🔗Keep reading

'By flouting laws vital to the sanctity of the federal election and immigration systems, the defendant threatened not only the community's safety, but the democratic foundation on which the United States of America was established.' --HSI New York Special Agent in Charge Ivan J. Arvelo

Billionaire sentenced to 7 months in prison and removal from US following HSI New York, partner investigation

HSI New York investigation, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York, the FBI New York, and the Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigation New York, resulted in a seven-month sentence for Hui Qin, a citizen of the People’s Republic of China, for making political contributions in the names of others, immigration fraud and producing a false identification document. 🔗Keep reading

'This arrest and removal demonstrate the importance of ERO's public safety mission and the work our officers do every day to keep U.S. residents from harm. I applaud the professionalism of our officers in ensuring that this transfer happened smoothly and without incident.' -- ERO Denver acting FOD Arthur J. Wilson Jr.

ERO Denver removes fugitive wanted for sex assault and rape in Costa Rica

ERO Denver removed a fugitive wanted in Costa Rica May 7. Jairo Arnoldo Matamoros Solorzano, 47, is a citizen and national of Costa Rica and is wanted in his home country for rape. Matamoros was removed from Denver to the Juan Santamaria International Airport and was turned over to local authorities in Costa Rica. 🔗Keep reading

'This unlawfully present Guatemalan national has been convicted of sex crimes against a minor. He has already violated U.S. immigration laws, and we will not allow him back out into our Rhode Island neighborhoods to re-offend.' --ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons

ERO Boston arrests Guatemalan national convicted locally of first-degree child sexual assault

ERO Boston arrested an unlawfully present 55-year-old Guatemalan citizen who was convicted locally of first-degree child sexual molestation/sexual assault. Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence office apprehended him in Providence on April 17. 🔗Keep reading

Flight attendants charged with smuggling drug money into Dominican Republic following HSI New York investigation

An HSI New York investigation, in coordination with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the New York Police Department, has resulted in the arrests of four flight attendants in connection with their years-long participation in smuggling narcotics trafficking proceeds from the United States to the Dominican Republic on commercial flights. 🔗Keep reading

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