News Releases and Statements

Hipolito Alejandro Felix, 38, of Port Saint Lucie, Fla., pleaded guilty Monday in federal court in Fort Pierce to attempted production of child pornography following an investigation by ICE's HSI in Ft. Pierce and the Port Saint Lucie Police Department.

Timothy E. Whitington, 44, of Euless, Texas, on Monday appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey L. Cureton who ordered him detained pending further court proceedings.

Leonard Wasylyk, 48, of North Wilmington, Del., has been charged with one count each of transportation, receipt and possession of child pornography, as outlined in an indictment. ICE's HSI executed a search warrant at Wasylyk's North Wilmington residence and arrested him on Dec. 9, 2010.

Ninety-three of the 95 individuals arrested had been convicted of crimes ranging from attempted murder to child neglect.

Last week in a three-day enforcement operation throughout Maryland, 18 immigration fugitives and immigration violators, almost all convicted of Driving Under the Influence (DUI), were arrested by officers with ICE's ERO.

During a four-day targeted enforcement operation throughout Colorado ending Friday, 85 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) administratively arrested 18 aliens in Georgia, Tuesday through Thursday, including sex offenders and other serious at-large criminal aliens.

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) administratively arrested 15 illegal aliens in Alabama, Tuesday through Thursday, including sex offenders, ICE fugitives and other serious at-large criminal aliens.

A Pakistani national convicted for conspiracy to levy war against the U. S government through terrorism was removed Thursday by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in Miami.

A total of 16 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested following a four-day enforcement operation in the Reno area carried out by officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A total of 13 convicted criminal aliens and immigration fugitives have been arrested following a four-day enforcement operation in eastern Idaho carried out by officers from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

Operation RAPID -- the largest ICE operation of its kind -- nets 54 arrests of previously deported criminal aliens in the New York City area.

Six convicted criminals residing in Miami were arrested on Tuesday by officers with the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) in an enforcement operation targeting convicted criminal aliens identified with being in violation of U.S. immigration law.

A man who was wanted in Mexico for allegedly killing a man in 2004 was deported on Wednesday by agents from the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A criminal alien, who had been previously deported to Mexico, was sentenced in federal court on Thursday to two years in prison for illegally re-entering the United States. This sentence resulted from an investigation conducted by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

A Somali-born Canadian national - who received military training at an al-Qaeda terrorist camp, met with and attended lectures by Osama bin Laden, and provided security guard services and money to al-Qaeda - was deported to Canada on Friday by agents with the U.S. ICE Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

ICE agents and officers teamed with local law enforcement officials during Operation SOAR (Sexual Offender Alien Removal).

Agustin Rivera-Santana, 53, a Mexican citizen illegally in the United States and most recently residing in Virginia Beach, Va., was sentenced to 240 months in prison, followed by 3 years of supervised release, for illegally re-entering the United States after having been deported following conviction for an aggravated felony offense.

"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers have arrested and processed 32 convicted criminal aliens for removal from the United States during a three-week Criminal Alien Program (CAP) operation that ended late last week. This law enforcement action focused on ""at large"" criminal aliens residing within the community."

With the expansion of the biometric information-sharing capability throughout Texas, ICE is now using it in 659 jurisdictions in 32 states. By 2013, ICE plans to be able to respond to all fingerprint matches generated nationwide through IDENT/IAFIS interoperability.

In the largest operation throughout Colorado this year, 78 convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators were arrested last week during a three-day targeted enforcement operation/

Paul Edward Pavulak, 66, of New Castle, Del., was convicted on September 27 by a federal jury in Wilmington of child exploitation offenses uncovered in an investigation by ICE's HSI and the Delaware State Police.

An Albanian national who fled to the United States to avoid a prison sentence on murder charges in his native country was turned over to Albanian authorities Friday following his capture by officers with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO).

More than 30 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators are facing deportation and criminal charges following a four-day enforcement operation spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Office of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) Fugitive Operations Teams (FOTs) in the Atlanta area.

A total of 39 criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and immigration violators are facing deportation following a three-day enforcement operation carried out by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Fugitive Operations Teams (FOTs) in San Diego County last week.