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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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ICE unveils online portal to streamline noncitizen immigration obligations
ICE has launched ICE Portal, a public-facing website that centralizes communications between noncitizens and the federal government. Noncitizens can use it to schedule appointments, update their addresses and check immigration court hearing information in a consolidated location. The portal is part of ICE’s efforts to modernize, streamline and encourage compliance with immigration enforcement processes. 🔗Keep reading
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ICE conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Nov. 30
ICE, working in coordination with DHS and CBP, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Cape Verde, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica and Liberia. During each of the past two weeks, more than 30 repatriation flights have transported thousands of individuals back to their country of origin and have repatriated more than 5,000 individuals directly to Mexico. đź”—Keep reading
HSI Phoenix seeks help identifying potential victims of ex-MMA fighter arrested for multiple sex crimes involving minors
HSI special agents are seeking the public’s assistance to identify potential victims of a former mixed martial arts fighter arrested early Thanksgiving morning at the Miami International Airport for charges related to sex trafficking of minors, engaging in illicit sexual contact in foreign places, production of child sex abuse material and other related offenses. 🔗 Keep reading
ERO Washington, D.C. operation results in prison time for previously convicted noncitizen who unlawfully reentered US
A targeted operation conducted by ERO Washington, D.C. resulted in an undocumented noncitizen receiving a four-year prison sentence for illegally reentering the United States after being removed in 2022. Jose Gonzalez-Flores, 33, an undocumented noncitizen from Guatemala, received the prison sentence at the U.S. District Court in Richmond on Nov. 20. 🔗Keep Reading
HSI Norfolk investigation into Virginia tactical equipment company uncovers fraud, yields more than $2 million in violations of the Buy American Act
An HSI Norfolk investigation revealed that the company sold foreign-made goods marked as “Made in the USA.” Its customers included the U.S. government, which purchased the equipment for uniformed service members through the Defense Logistics Agency. 🔗 Keep reading
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