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Check out our weekly recap of top news from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement highlighting the work of Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI). For more news from ICE, visit our newsroom.
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HSI Tampa, Ft. Myers region partners stand up task force to combat ‘modern day slavery’ of human trafficking, child exploitation
HSI Tampa’s Ft. Myers office has officially partnered with Southwest Florida law enforcement leaders, the U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Florida, Operation Light Shine and the Tim Tebow Foundation to strengthen anti-human trafficking efforts.🔗 Keep reading
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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Sept. 27
ICE, in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated multiple removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America and Ecuador, as part of dozens of other routine ICE removal flights throughout the hemisphere and around the world. Since May 2023, DHS has removed or returned more than 250,000 individuals, including more than 36,000 individual family unit members.🔗Keep reading
ERO San Antonio removes fugitive noncitizen wanted for aggravated sexual assault in Mexico
ERO San Antonio, with assistance from ERO El Paso, removed Francisco Javier Valenzuela Quezada, 57, a citizen of Mexico with a final order of removal, on Sept. 14. Valenzuela is a foreign fugitive wanted by law enforcement authorities in Mexico for aggravated sexual assault. 🔗Keep reading
HSI welcomes 18 new members at 13th HERO Corps graduation ceremony
On Sept. 28, HSI welcomed 18 new cyber forensic analysts into its ranks during a graduation ceremony at the National Law Enforcement Museum in Washington, D.C. The freshly trained graduates, all military veterans, joined HSI as members of the 13th class of the Human Exploitation Rescue Operation Child Rescue Corps Program. 🔗Keep reading
ERO Baltimore arrests Honduran national convicted of 9 sex offenses against Rhode Island minor
ERO Baltimore arrested a 49-year-old Honduran national near his residence on Sept. 18. He was convicted of four counts of first-degree child molestation and five counts of second-degree child molestation involving a Rhode Island minor. 🔗Keep reading
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