News Releases and Statements

Dominican authorities charged the Dominican national for injury causing death/manslaughter/murder Sept. 21, 2022, and subsequently issued a warrant for his arrest.

Ismael Adonay Aguilar Cornejo, a 31-year-old Salvadoran national, was flown from Alexandria, Louisiana, on a charter flight coordinated by ICE's Air Operations Unit to the Monsenor Oscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport in San Salvador, El Salvador. Upon arrival, he was turned over to officials from El Salvador’s Civilian National Police.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief of Staff Michael D. Lumpkin and Office of Partnership and Engagement Assistant Director Francey Lim Youngberg met with representatives of the Acacia Center for Justice this week.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deputy Director and Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Director Patrick J. Lechleitner and Enforcement and Removal Operations Executive Associate Director Daniel A. Bible traveled to San Diego this week to meet with ERO and Homeland Security Investigations personnel as they prepare to support operations on the southwest border.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Chief of Staff Michael D. Lumpkin and Office of Partnership and Engagement Assistant Director Francey Lim Youngberg met with representatives from the American Immigration Lawyers Association this week.

Officers from ERO New York City’s Newburgh office arrested the 62-year-old serial offender at the at Otisville Federal Correctional Facility without incident pursuant to a warrant of removal. He will remain in custody pending removal to Mexico.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

Those included removal flights to Central America, Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, Mexico and Peru. If a noncitizen arrives and has no legal basis to remain in the United States they will be processed and removed quickly, consistent with U.S. law.

ERO Washington, D.C. apprehended a Salvadoran national convicted of sexual battery against a Virginia woman. Deportation officers from ERO Washington, D.C.’s Fugitive Operations Team arrested Joe Alfredo Maldonado near his residence in Manassas, Virginia, May 14.

ICE ERO officers in Newark apprehended 38 unlawfully present noncitizens who have criminal convictions and/or pending criminal charges during a local operation April 15 to April 26.

ICE remains committed to ensuring that all those in its custody reside in safe, secure and humane environments. Comprehensive medical care is provided from the moment individuals arrive and throughout the entirety of their stay.

ICE continues to modernize the immigration system as resources allow to realize cost efficiencies across its operations.

Marcio Francisco Martinez-Ventura, 29, departed from Las Vegas, Nevada, and arrived at La Mesa International Airport in San Pedro Sula, Honduras.

ERO New York City arrested an unlawfully present citizen and national of El Salvador May 17 who was convicted by Suffolk County Court for the crime of rape in the second degree: person 18 years old or more has intercourse with a person less than 15 years old.

“Israel Gonzalez was convicted of driving under the influence and killing two Connecticut children,” said ERO Boston Field Office Director Todd M. Lyons.

Those included removal flights to Burundi, Central America, Colombia, Congo, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Haiti, Kenya, Mexico and Peru.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to issue a task order with the GEO Group, Inc. for the Adelanto ICE Processing facility in Adelanto, California to extend to September 30, 2024.

Deportation officers from ERO Boston’s Providence field office apprehended Yeury Francisco Rodriguez April 22 in Central Falls.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement today updated the online statistics dashboard to include data for first quarter of Fiscal Year 2024, which spans from Oct. 1, 2023 through Dec. 31, 2023.

ICE continues to modernize the immigration system as resources allow to realize cost efficiencies across the operational landscape.

ICE ERO Houston removed Jose Carlos Ortiz Lucero, a 27-year-old unlawfully present Guatemalan fugitive, from the United States on May 13.

Johan Jose Cardenas Silva is wanted by Peruvian authorities for conspiracy, assault and aggravated theft.

ERO Boston apprehended a Colombian national wanted by authorities in his home country for the crimes of aggravated homicide, aggravated theft and unlawful possession of a weapon.

Fugitive Operations officers from ERO New York City’s Long Island office arrested the 25-year-old Honduran national without incident in Amityville pursuant to a warrant and transferred him to Central Islip for processing.

ERO New York City arrested of an unlawfully present citizen and national of El Salvador May 6 who is wanted by Salvadoran authorities for prosecution of the crime of terrorist organization with aggravating circumstances.