ICE announces Wake County criminal offenders shielded by current non-cooperation policy
Cooperation with local law enforcement is essential to protecting public safety
ICE has repeatedly asked local jurisdictions to reconsider non-cooperation policies because those policies put politics before public safety. On Friday, ICE released more examples of foreign nationals with active ICE detainers who have been detained for serious criminal offenses in North Carolina’s Wake County. ICE asks Wake County to transfer these individuals to federal custody instead of releasing them to the community where they may reoffend. Learn more
Human Smuggling | Human smuggler indicted on US charges and arrested as part of Brazilian takedown of significant alien smugglers
Transnational human smuggling organizations threaten the security of the United States
This week, extensive coordination and cooperation efforts between United States and Brazilian law enforcement authorities culminated in the Brazil Federal Police conducting a significant enforcement operation to disrupt and dismantle a transnational alien smuggling organization, including the arrest on Brazilian charges of an alleged alien smuggler who has also been indicted in the U.S. Read more
|