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Check out our weekly recap of top news from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 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 conducts single adult, family unit removal flights Jan. 24
ICE, working in coordination with the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Customs and Border Protection, facilitated removal flights, including single adults and family units to Central America, Colombia, the Dominican Republic and Venezuela from Jan. 22 through Jan. 24.
Since May 12, 2023, DHS has removed or returned over 500,000 individuals, the vast majority of whom crossed the Southwest Border, including more than 84,000 individual family members. Through the end of 2023, removals and returns exceeds the number of removals and returns in each full fiscal year from 2015 to 2019. 🔗 Keep reading
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HSI San Juan’s iGuardians present at Yauco Occupational and Technical High School
HSI San Juan visited Yauco Occupational and Technical High School for a prevention and social impact event to share a Project iGuardian presentation in collaboration with local agencies. Project iGuardian is a leader in the fight against online child sexual exploitation and abuse. Over 1,000 students, teachers and school staff received valuable information on cyberbullying, child exploitation and the transfer of sexually explicit images. 🔗 Keep reading
ERO Boston arrests Italian citizen convicted of assault and aggravated injury in Italy
On Jan. 22, ERO Boston arrested a Dominican national with Italian citizenship who overstayed his visa and was previously convicted and sentenced in Italy for assault and aggravated injury. 🔗 Keep reading
South Texas man pleads guilty to attempting to transport weapons and possession of child sexual abuse material
A Texas man pleaded guilty to straw purchasing and possessing child sexual abuse material on his cellphone following an investigation conducted by HSI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. 🔗 Keep reading
ERO Houston removes unlawfully present Mexican fugitive wanted for attempted homicide
ERO Houston, with assistance from ERO Mexico and the Security Alliance for Fugitive Enforcement Task Force, removed Cruz Aranda-Garcia, a 38-year-old unlawfully present Mexican national, from the United States on Jan. 18. 🔗 Keep reading
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