U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

The high personal and economic cost of our broken immigration system

2013-05-20 07:39:00

While the political winds seem to be propelling the first comprehensive immigration reform in more than a quarter-century, every day our broken immigration system takes a cruel and little-noticed toll on countless hardworking, law-abiding individuals...

Ecuadorean national, 31, arrested on Baltimore rape charge

2013-05-16 14:26:52

An Ecuadorean national living in Baltimore was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents on charges that he raped a 12-year-old girl, the federal agency and city police said. Henry Estrella-Cordova, 31, who is in the country illegally, was...

Man pleads guilty for eBay sale of night vision goggles to undercover agent

2013-02-28 07:47:13

A 34-year-old Florida man pleaded guilty late Wednesday to illegally selling night vision goggles and other military style gear online to an undercover federal agent in Baltimore pretending to be an overseas buyer — a charge that could land him in...

Unlocking immigrant detention reform

2013-02-20 10:47:25

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security now incarcerates, via immigration detention, more people per year than any other state or federal agency. In 2012, the DHS detained over 429,000 noncitizens awaiting immigration hearings or deportation, at a $2...

Bail and illegal immigrants

2013-01-21 05:00:00

With all due respect to bail bondsmen who play a necessary role in the criminal justice system, the case pending before the Maryland Court of Appeals involving illegal immigrants and whether bondsmen should be liable for illegal immigrant defendants who...

Bail for illegal immigrants in question before Md. high court

2013-01-14 18:36:38

Maryland's top court could make it much more difficult for undocumented immigrants to secure bail bonds, in a case likely to resolve long-standing questions about whether bondsmen are on the hook when clients get deported before trial. In a case...

34 wanted immigrants arrested in Annapolis, on Eastern Shore

2012-12-19 15:09:00

Thirty-four immigrants who had been convicted of crimes and were wanted by law enforcement agencies were arrested this week in Annapolis and on Maryland's Eastern Shore in a two-day "targeted enforcement operation" involving federal immigration officials....

Baltimore agents lead national seizure of illegal drug websites

2012-10-04 18:12:00

Federal agents in Baltimore helped lead an operation that this week seized and shut down nearly 700 U.S.-based websites linked to the sale of counterfeit pharmaceutical drugs as part of an international effort to upend the global online drug trade. The...

Inspector General releases report on gambling raid at city yard

2012-03-29 04:40:00

Baltimore Inspector General has released his final report on last year's gambling raid at a Department of Transportation yard. Nearly a dozen workers were arrested, but prosecutors got just one conviction, prompting critics to say the operation was...

Immigrants, city fear divide over status checks

2012-02-25 12:10:00

Julio Cesar Ayala knew he was taking a risk when he decided to overstay his tourist visa four years ago, but he never expected to be threatened with deportation for climbing behind the wheel of the family's silver minivan. The 53-year-old Salvadoran...

Feds to check immigration status of people arrested in city

2012-02-21 18:48:00

A controversial program that lets U.S. immigration officials check the citizenship status of people who have been arrested is being expanded to include Baltimore despite objections from Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and immigrant advocates. The Secure...

Accused Maryland cannibal, victim both had legal troubles

2012-06-01 19:00:23

As an electrical engineering student at Morgan State University, Alexander Kinyua was described by a professor as "docile" and dedicated, always looking to improve himself. On the Internet, Kinyua — now accused of killing a family friend and...

ICE Special Agent Jaime Zapata was on assignment to the ICE Attache in Mexico City when was was killed in a 2011 ambush.

2013-05-23 12:29:53

Ryan Tomita, 18, is suspected of burglarizing vehicles and homes in the Florida Keys, according to a Monroe County Sheriff's Office release. Two vehicles burglarized on Cudjoe Key around Mar. 17th belonged to a husband and wife, both Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

2013-04-15 00:00:00

Gregory J Archambeault ICE

2013-04-03 01:50:00