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The ICE News Top Stories is a listing of downloadable photos and other media with links — if available — to their respective News Releases. Click on the photo for a larger image. The Top Stories can be sorted via the drop-down menus by month/year, state, and news topic.
Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credit of "Photo Courtesy of ICE" or "Image Courtesy of ICE" is requested
9/19/2012
TOP STORY: Human trafficker sentenced to 30 years in prison
After a nearly two-year investigation, a fugitive featured on 'America's Most Wanted' was sentenced on sex trafficking charges.
9/14/2012
TOP STORY: HSI helps secure the Republican and Democratic National Convention
With a presidential nominee and several high profile elected officials in attendance, law enforcement agencies had to secure the entire area surrounding the both events.
9/11/2012
TOP STORY: ICE Gallery pays tribute to 9/11 sacrifices
Many of the U.S. Customs and Immigration and Naturalization Service employees, based in the New York area, quickly responded in the aftermath.
9/6/2012
TOP STORY: HSI Rapid Response Team saves 14 stranded by Hurricane Isaac
With flood waters reaching as high as 48 inches in some areas of the city, the team assisted with its MRAP.
8/31/2012
TOP STORY: ICE teams with federal agencies to train computer forensic investigators
For the past 14 years, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been responsible for training ICE officers and special agents to become computer forensic investigators.
8/17/2012
TOP STORY: HSI Miami's command center plays integral operational role
ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) special agents have to be prepared for a variety of situations. Around the clock, you'll find them investigating crimes ranging from narcotics trafficking to human smuggling to money laundering. They are also called upon to support the Department of Homeland Security during critical incidents.
8/10/2012
TOP STORY: HSI special agents honored by the city of South San Francisco
It was the final week of April. An indictment was handed down against 19 violent street gang members who were allegedly tied to multiple murders, robberies and drug trafficking in northern California.
8/3/2012
TOP STORY: ERO focuses enforcement efforts on high-priority convicted criminal aliens
Last fiscal year, ICE removed 396,906 individuals of which nearly 217,000 were convicted criminals.
7/30/2012
TOP STORY: HSI helps 9-year-old seek medical treatment in US
A HSI victim assistance coordinator found a way to help after the ill boy from an impoverish Mexican neighborhood was turned away from medical care.
7/23/2012
TOP STORY: HSI returns painting stolen during World War II to Germany
The HSI Frankfurt attache and the U.S. ambassador to Germany participated in a repatriation ceremony with the director of the Potsdam Sanssouci Museum.
7/17/2012
TOP STORY: ICE proudly selects veterans for employment and internships
ICE proudly selects service members like U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Sandra Ambotaite through the Department of Defense's Operation Warfighter internship program to work in ICE offices nationwide as they recover from their traumatic injuries. ICE also recruits and hires veterans through a variety of outreach and recruitment programs...
7/11/2012
TOP STORY: HSI plays integral role at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
They were engaged in a bitter custody dispute, and the father was afraid that the mother of his children was going to take them out of the country. His suspicions were confirmed when he found reservations - one-way tickets to Jordan - for his wife and their two children.
7/2/2012
TOP STORY: Shadow Wolves provide unique approach to law enforcement
The residents of the Tohono O'odham Nation embarked on a unique partnership with ICE's legacy agency, the U.S. Customs Service, in 1974. The two organizations formed the Shadow Wolves, ICE's tactical patrol unit.
6/26/2012
TOP STORY: El Paso Intelligence Center turns raw data into actionable intelligence
The El Paso Intelligence Center is an information focal point, collecting and analyzing interdiction reports and multi-source intelligence to identify and track trafficking activities and organizations, identify and fill intelligence gaps, and provide tactical intelligence to law enforcement officers in the field.
6/18/2012
TOP STORY: ICE launches iTunes podcasts
As the second largest federal law enforcement agency, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers and special agents stay busy investigating trans-border crimes and enforcing civil immigration laws to ensure homeland security and public safety.
6/12/2012
TOP STORY: FAA training equips Air Operations agents for the unexpected
Day in and day out, tireless ERO agents escort criminal aliens as they are deported to their country of origin or moved domestically. The Civil Aerospace Medical Institute, which is the research group for the Federal Aviation Administration located in Oklahoma City, readies these agents to handle unforeseen circumstances during those flights.
6/5/2012
TOP STORY: US-VISIT could soon be part of ICE
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) could soon have 78 new employees. As part of the fiscal year 2013 budget, Congress is considering transitioning US-VISIT program employees between ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
5/31/2012
TOP STORY: ICE launches inaugural citizens' academy
ICE's Office of Public Affairs began the ICE Citizens' Academy to provide members of the general public with an inside look at ICE and how the agency enforces immigration and customs laws. Over the course of nine weeks, a total of 19 individuals met once a week in one of two locations in Washington, D.C. and Baltimore.
5/23/2012
TOP STORY: HSI special agents honored for work on Operation Delego
This week, two special agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) were honored for the work on Operation Delego - the significant criminal investigation that helped dismantle an online child exploitation network called Dreamboard.
5/14/2012
TOP STORY: Honoring those who sacrificed it all
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton joined ICE employees at ICE's Washington, D.C., headquarters Monday to honor the agency's officers and agents who paid the ultimate price in the line of duty.
5/8/2012
TOP STORY: Partnerships with local law enforcement net criminal alien arrests
ICE's partnerships with local law enforcement agencies in northern San Diego Country have resulted in the arrest of more than 1,000 criminal aliens and immigration violators over the last two years. The majority of these arrests occurred in Escondido, Ca...
5/2/2012
TOP STORY: HSI targets bandit crews that exploit the Arizona border
You'll find them in Arizona's most remote areas, brandishing firearms and bullet-proof vests. They are on the hunt for weapons traffickers or drug smugglers. But they're not law enforcement officers. They are bandit crews - criminals - who will do anything to make a profit,which often means murdering and stealing from other criminals in the desert.
4/23/2012
TOP STORY: Female law enforcement officers hone skills at San Diego training
Women play a significant role in law enforcement, and for the past six years, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) has helped female law enforcement officers in southern California promote training and camaraderie at the annual San Diego Women in Law Enforcement Firearms Training Conference and Pistol Invitational.
4/16/2012
TOP STORY: HSI Executive Associate Director elected chair of World Customs Organization Enforcement Committee
HSI Executive Associate Director James A. Dinkins was elected chair of the World Customs Organization's enforcement committee at its four-day meeting last month in Brussels, Belgium. The committee was established in 1983 to develop strategies to combat customs offenses.
4/11/2012
TOP STORY: Cultural property investigations span the globe
Since 2007, ICE and U.S. Customs and Border Protection have repatriated more than 2,500 objects to more than 23 countries.
