News Releases and Statements

Nhon Ngoc Nguyen, 55, entered the United States on July 14, 1983, and was granted status as a legal U.S. resident as part of the Refugee Act of 1980.

ICE removed Wilver Cota-Ortiz, 43, a citizen of El Salvador, to his home country where he is wanted by law enforcement authorities for human trafficking.

David Lisandro Perez Figueroa, 23, of Monrovia, was sentenced in Central District of California, ordered to pay $2,799 in restitution, and placed on lifetime supervised release.

ICE agents arrested Raul Moises Martinez Rivera, 25, from Carolina and a teacher at a local San Juan charter school April 10 on criminal charges related to his alleged child exploitation conduct.

ICE arrested Kelvin Emanuel Granados-Sorto, 30, an illegal alien and Honduran citizen April 11 after he was transferred to ICE custody by the Maryland Department of Corrections.

Abel Airam Franco Garcia, 22, of Sonora, Mexico previously plead guilty to smuggling goods from the United States.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, with assistance from federal partners, arrested 44 illegal aliens – including 24 criminal aliens and one documented Paisas gang member – during a targeted enforcement operation conducted from April 6-12 to bolster public safety, national security, and border security.

The multiagency operation took place at a construction worksite where one Haitian national and four Dominican nationals were taken into custody. All five individuals are currently being held by ICE pending removal proceedings.

A former member of the Gambian military was convicted April 15 on torture charges, following his involvement in crimes committed while the West African country’s then-President, Yahya Jammeh, was still in power.

ICE and law enforcement partners apprehended 206 illegal aliens during an enhanced targeted immigration enforcement operation focusing on egregious criminal alien offenders in and around New York City April 6-12.

Special agents with ICE arrested Jonathan Travis Mackey, a 46-year-old resident of Cincinnati, Ohio, on charges related to alleged sexual exploitation of children and receipt of child sex abuse material April 15.

Victor Villalba-Bustamante’s arrest stems from an incident in which he was found in a hotel room with a 14-year-old female victim who was reported missing.

Officers and agents arrested Marvin Mateo-Alberto, 25, in Falls Church, Virginia April 10.

ICE along with federal partners from the FBI and the ATFE arrested a 32-year-old Dominican national convicted of a sex crime against a Massachusetts resident. Officers and agents arrested Moises Ricardo Peralta-Matos Feb. 25 in Worcester.

In line with President Donald J. Trump’s executive order titled “Protecting the American People Against Invasion,” HSI is enforcing the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Act and other federal laws related to illegal entry and unlawful presence in the United States.

ICE removed Christopher Alexis Rodriguez Flores, 24, a Salvadoran national wanted for rape against a minor in his home country, April 9.

ICE in St. Paul removed illegally present Leonardo Elias Chicoj Mejia, 26, to his home country April 9 to face charges of gender based violence which includes charges such as domestic violence.

ICE arrested Rene Pop-Chub, 32, an illegal alien and Guatemalan citizen, April 12, in Hyattsville, Maryland, after Prince Georges County Department of Corrections failed to honor an ICE immigration detainer, releasing him back into the public.

Officers with ICE Boston and agents with FBI Boston and ATF Boston arrested Ilma Leandro De Oliveira, 53, in Falmouth, March 20.

ICE arrested Thomas Afram Chammo, a 27-year-old citizen of Lebanon, April 3, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

In July 2024, ICE Homeland Security Investigations, in collaboration with Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigations and other law enforcement agencies, executed federal search warrants at Fuyao Glass America in Moraine, Ohio, and 27 other locations in the Dayton area.

Daniel Morejon Garcia, 57, was taken into custody at his residence following an investigation conducted by ICE Homeland Security Investigations. The investigation centered on fraudulent claims he allegedly made when entering the country.

Olvin Javier Velasquez Maldonado, 39, allegedly conspired to transport approximately 24 kilograms of cocaine from Honduras to the U.S. on a vessel attempting to illegally bring 23 Honduran nationals into the country. This operation was intercepted by the U.S. Coast Guard in February 2022, about 75 miles off the coast of Louisiana after the vessel, M/V Pop, developed engine trouble.

Orville Andrew Pernell, a 32-year-old Jamaican citizen was apprehended by ICE Homeland Security Investigations and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives special agents in Savannah, Georgia following an extensive investigation and multinational manhunt April 4.

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem joined ICE and federal law enforcement partners in apprehending three illegal aliens during an enhanced targeted enforcement operation focusing on criminal illegal alien offenders in Phoenix, Arizona, to bolster public safety, national security and border security, April 8.