ICE's #FridayFive | Dec. 13, 2019

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) sent this bulletin at 12/13/2019 03:22 PM EST

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ICE details how border crisis impacted immigration enforcement in FY 2019

FY 2019 Enforcement and Removal Operations statistics announced

ICE Acting Director Matthew T. Albence explained how the unprecedented crisis at the border during this fiscal year impacted nearly every area of the agency’s operations, including interior enforcement, detention capacity, transportation, removals, personnel, and overall expenditures. In FY 2019, ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) officers arrested approximately 143,000 aliens and removed more than 267,000 – which is an increase in removals from the prior year. Learn more

Narcotics | ICE HSI joins Kansas City Strike Force targeting drugs, violence

HSI joins law enforcement partners on the Kansas City Metro Strike Force, a cooperative Organized Crime & Drug Enforcement task force

The U.S. Attorneys for the districts of Kansas and Western Missouri hosted a joint press conference Wednesday to announce a new Kansas City-area task force targeting drug traffickers and violent criminals on both sides of the Mississippi river. Read more

Work for ICE | HSI is hiring criminal investigators

ICE's Homeland Security Investigations is hiring criminal investigators (also called special agents) across the United States.

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Enforcement & Removal | Twice removed Salvadoran national sentenced to 30 months in federal custody

A twice-removed Salvadoran national was sentenced Nov. 18 to 30 months in federal custody. The sentencing of Jose Ruiz-Alvarado, 52, follows a February 2019 indictment for illegal reentry, a charge initiated after his arrest by ICE ERO for immigration violations. Read more

IPR | Buyers Beware! ICE HSI and CBP in Boston warn consumers about counterfeit goods during holiday shopping season

If a deal is too good to be true, it probably is

ICE HSI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Boston hosted a joint press event to warn consumers of the dangers of purchasing a wide range of counterfeit items and goods with fake trademarks. Read more

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