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The Los Angeles Times reported today that all inmates who are booked into the Orange County jail system will now have their immigration status checked through a new biometric identification program that was implemented yesterday.  The program started in late 2008, and is currently in use by over 120 counties in 16 states across the United States.
The Los Angeles, San [...]

The U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement (USICE) reported recently that the U.S. Attorney’s Office have reached a non-prosecution agreement with Pilgrim’s Pride, a poultry packing plant in connection with the hiring and employment of undocumented immigrants. Â
Based on the terms and conditions of the agreement, the company will pay the government $4.5 million and devise an immigration compliance program under the recommendation of USICE officials to ensure that all [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that agents from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) arrested 286 people in California  in a 3 day operation to apprehend suspected immigrants with criminal records and, undocumented immigrants without criminal records in California.
This enforcement action was conducted by the USICE’s Fugitive Operations Program, which is responsible for identifying, apprehending, and deporting criminal aliens and immigration fugitives who have ignored [...]

The Orlando Sentinel reported today that officials from the U.S. Immigration & Customs Enforcement  (USICE) have seized a rare Italian sports car valued at over $ 700,000 that is alleged to have violated customs and environmental regulations.
USICE officials in their affidavit in support of the seizure warrant, stated that the vehicle owner’s import agent stated on customs documents when the 1994 Cizeta V16 was brought to [...]

The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  (USICE) announced that via their Secure Communities Program, that it has identified and deported over 110,000 criminal aliens who were apprehended by state and local law enforcement.
USICE officials estimate that the program will be implemented in every state by 2011 and be available to every law enforcement agency across the country within 2 years from then.
The [...]