ICE-NEWS-2503 – U.S. Imigration and Customs Enforcement News (2025)
Source: https://www.ice.gov/newsroom
ICE-NEWS-2503 – (ICE) news is crucial for U.S. citizens under the Trump 47 administration as it provides essential updates on immigration enforcement policies that directly impact public safety and national security. With a renewed focus on strict immigration measures, ICE news informs citizens about increased arrests of undocumented individuals, particularly those with criminal backgrounds, which aims to mitigate threats to communities. Additionally, the transparency offered by ICE news fosters public awareness and trust, allowing citizens to stay informed about ongoing operations and the administration’s efforts to maintain order and security. By highlighting these enforcement actions, ICE news reassures the public that their safety is a top priority in the administration’s immigration strategy.
Mar. 21, 2025
- ICE, federal partner investigation results in 2 men convicted, 1 extradited from Guatemala for role in 2022 San Antonio alien smuggling mass casualty incident
- ICE joins US Department of the Treasury in announcing sanctions against Mexico-based transnational criminal organization leader responsible for smuggling migrants into the US
- ICE Chicago removes criminal alien wanted for rape in Guatemala
- Former city commissioner for West Covina, California sentenced for child exploitation violations, following ICE investigation
Mar. 20. 2025
- ICE, IRS investigation results in federal prison sentences
- ICE Boston arrests Ugandan alien charged in Massachusetts with assault, battery on pregnant victim
- ICE San Francisco, federal partners target transnational criminal organizations in major enforcement action
- ICE Buffalo arrests Paisas gang member from Mexico
- ICE arrests accused child rapist in State College
Mar. 19, 2025
Feb. 18, 2025
- ICE Houston removes previously deported criminal alien to Mexico convicted of manslaughter
- ICE arrests 81 illegal aliens as part of joint federal law enforcement operation in Kentucky, of which 25 also charged with felony criminal offenses
- Indian man residing in California sentenced to prison for scheme to smuggle aliens into the US, following ICE, USBP investigation
- ICE arrests 31 illegal aliens, 3 charged for criminal activity
- ICE, law enforcement partners arrest 24 illegal criminal alien offenders during Charlotte enforcement operation
- ICE Boston arrests illegal Guatemalan alien charged with sex crimes against Massachusetts minor
Mar. 17, 2025
- ICE removes Mexican fugitive wanted for homicide
- ICE Newark arrests Brazilian national wanted overseas to serve time for drug charges
- ICE worksite enforcement operation results in multiple arrests in Louisiana
- ICE Newark, law enforcement partners arrest illegal alien with arrest warrants
Mar. 14, 2025
- ICE Cincinnati arrests Bhutanese national with sex crime conviction
- 4-time removed, twice convicted criminal alien sentenced to 1+ year for illegal reentry
- ICE Newark arrests illegal alien in New Jersey with prior conviction of vehicular homicide for illegal reentry
- ICE Boston arrests Turkish alien charged with raping Massachusetts resident
- ICE Houston deports 8-time removed criminal alien convicted of kidnapping to Mexico
- ICE arrests former Cuban intelligence officer for allegedly obtaining legal status through fraudulent means
- ICE Houston deports 6-time removed criminal alien to Mexico with 6 convictions for DWI, 6 for theft
- Child exploitation task force seizes 10+ million images, videos in second year, sends stern warning to predators
Mar. 13, 2025
- ICE, law enforcement partners arrest more than 200 alien offenders during enhanced gang operation in Northern Virginia
- ICE arrests illegal alien with previous drug trafficking conviction
- ICE Boston arrests illegal Guatemalan alien charged with aggravated rape of Massachusetts child
- ICE Boston arrests fugitive alien wanted in Brazil for illegal firearm, threatening crimes
- Repeat child predator sentenced to 25 years for possessing, distributing child sexual abuse materials following ICE investigation
- ICE removes convicted drug trafficker to Pakistan
Mar. 12, 2025
- ICE investigation nets 2 sentences for men’s roles in operating fentanyl drug mill
- Federal grand jury indicts New Jersey firearms trafficker following ICE investigation
- ICE New Mexico officers arrest 48 illegal aliens, 20 of whom have criminal charges or convictions
- ICE Washington, D.C. arrests illegal Salvadoran national convicted of assault in Virginia
- Public Service Announcement: Victim identification in New Hampshire gift card scheme
- ICE San Diego arrests violent criminal illegal alien convicted of attempted murder after reentering the US over 7 times
- ICE, law enforcement partners apprehend previously deported fugitive alien wanted for vehicular homicide
- 6-time removed, twice convicted Mexican national charged with illegal reentry
Mar. 11, 2025
- 4 illegal aliens charged with firearms offenses as a result of an ICE Las Cruces and ATF investigation
- ICE San Diego arrests Mexican national with criminal history
- ICE Dallas arrests Mexican national convicted of killing man and setting body on fire without prison time
- ICE apprehends illegal alien with ties to Nicaraguan massacre and Mexican drug cartel
- Naval reservist charged for bribe to obtain military identification cards for unauthorized individuals, including a Chinese national
- 6 foreign nationals indicted for illegal reentry
- ICE Buffalo removes convicted drug trafficker to Canada
- ICE apprehends fugitive alien wanted for homicide following prison escape in Haiti
- Know2Protect, OUR Rescue partner with the American School of Tegucigalpa to educate students in Honduras about online child exploitation and abuse prevention
- ICE, law enforcement partners arrest criminal aliens during multi-agency operation in Charlotte area
Mar. 10, 2025
- ICE San Francisco, federal partners, target transnational criminal organizations in enforcement operation
- ICE, international partners conduct Operation Renewed Hope III to identify and rescue child victims of online exploitation
- ICE arrests 543 criminal aliens, 7 gang members in Houston area during week-long multi-agency operation
- ICE Detroit removes Albanian wanted for fraud and bribery
- ICE removes Mexican fugitive wanted for kidnapping, criminal association
- ICE investigation leads to extradition, racketeering charge for international MS-13 gang leader
Mar. 7, 2025
- ICE New York City arrests convicted Romanian national with removal order
- ICE New York City arrests previously removed Guatemalan national, child sex offender
- ICE removes Romanian fugitive wanted for identity theft, fraud in France
- ICE removes Mexican fugitive wanted for kidnapping, organized crime
- ICE St. Paul removes foreign fugitive wanted in El Salvador for child rape
- ICE arrests criminal alien wanted for indecent assault and battery, other charges, after release by noncooperative jurisdiction
Mar. 6, 2025
- ICE arrests Chinese citizen charged with sex trafficking
- British national indicted in organized multi-state fraud and money laundering scheme
- ICE investigation leads to Nevada man’s 11-year sentence for sex trafficking a minor
- 2 Mexican nationals, defendants in ICE cases secured in Arizona
- Former priest and convicted child molester sentenced for passport fraud, stripped of citizenship, and ordered deported
- ICE arrests 4 during worksite enforcement action in Philadelphia
- ICE ATM/EBT fraud operation yields 15 arrests in Orange County
- ICE Los Angeles, multiple agency case results in 2 Cuban nationals sentenced for fraudulent dispute scheme
- ICE Buffalo removes 2 illegal aliens, sexual predators to Honduras
- ICE arrests criminal alien and foreign fugitive wanted for felony drug trafficking in Brazil
Mar. 5, 2025
- ICE returns Dominican national wanted for human smuggling which led to the death of 3 minors
- 25 Canadian nationals connected to nationwide multi-million dollar “grandparent scam” charged in Vermont
- ICE removes human rights violator, sex offender to Rwanda
- ICE Chicago removes Sierra Leonean convicted of visa fraud
- Florida businessman sentenced for migrant labor employment scheme, payroll tax evasion, worker death
- ICE Newark worksite enforcement operation results in 16 arrests
- ICE Dallas arrests foreign fugitive wanted in his home country for rape
- Illegal alien indicted for conspiracy to transport other aliens and possession with intent to distribute heroin, following ICE, joint law enforcement partner investigation
- ICE forced to arrest convicted drug dealer on the street due to noncompliance with immigration detainer
- ICE arrests violent criminal alien outside Northampton Prison without cooperation from prison officials
- Florida man pleads guilty to operating a helicopter without license
- 12 men sentenced for conspiring to distribute fentanyl, methamphetamine, marijuana in Tennessee, California
- ICE arrests 9 Houston area criminal aliens in past week convicted or charged with sex offenses
- 4 sentenced to federal prison for cocaine conspiracy involving 89 kilograms
Mar. 4, 2025
- Florida woman ordered to pay $3+ million for wire, tax fraud scheme
- Jacksonville restauranter pleads guilty to harboring illegal aliens
- Honduran national arrested, charged with possession of counterfeit green card, illegal re-entry
- ICE Cincinnati arrests Bulgarian with firearm and eluding conviction
- Mexican previously removed from US 4 times arrested again for illegal reentry
- Mexican national pleads guilty to illegal reentry into the US
- Illegal alien who threatened ICE agent’s life arrested in connection with human smuggling ring, deaths of 7
- ICE Laredo, federal partner investigation results in the arrest of a Texas woman for attempting to smuggle 9-year-old twins through Laredo
Mar. 3, 2025
- ICE, FBI arrest high-ranking MS-13 leader who controlled gang activities in US, Mexico, Europe
- ICE Boston, law enforcement partners arrest illegal Haitian alien charged in Massachusetts with sex crimes, witness intimidation
- Ecuadoran man sentenced to more than 26 years in prison for recording his sexual abuse of a minor in Connecticut
- Houston resident heads to prison for trafficking fentanyl in hidden compartment following ICE Rio Grande Valley, federal partner investigation
- ICE Boston removes illegal Honduran national wanted for homicide in home country
- ICE investigation leads to more than 13 years in federal prison for Washington State man convicted of coercing and sexually exploiting a minor online
- Dominican national passes away at Centro Medico Hospital in San Juan after narcotics/human smuggling interdiction
- ICE worksite enforcement operation results in multiple arrests in Mississippi
- Nigerian national pleads guilty to operating $3M romance scheme that preyed on elderly, other vulnerable populations
- ICE partnership program aids in apprehension of criminal aliens following high-speed chase in Frederick County