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U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2012

    ICE Sweep Nets 74, Including Child Molesters, in Houston Area

    A nationwide sweep of convicted criminal aliens, immigration fugitives and "egregious" immigration violators resulted in almost 100 arrests out of the Houston field office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ICE took in 3,100 people nationwide in its six-day "Cross Check" operation, with 74 com ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 8, 2011

    Noel Sosa-Ruiz: Bizarre End For Man Who Killed His Kids' Mother At Her Office

    Photo by HPDNoel Sosa-Ruiz: Tries to escape to Cuba​The death of 29-year-old Yodani Cruz-Rojas was odd enough -- the father of her children walked into the suburban dentist's office where she worked and killed her in a hail of gunfire -- but now there's an odd finale. The suspected killer, No ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2011

    More Than 20,000 Deported from South Texas in 2011, Feds Say

    La Migra piles up the numbers.​The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced its deportation numbers today for fiscal 2011, which ended in September. Nationwide almost 400,000 were deported -- an ICE record -- and more than 20,000 were deported from South Texas, the agency ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    National Illegal Immigrant Sting Nets Over 2,900 Convicted Criminals, 125 in Houston

    On Wednesday, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the results of its "Cross Check" enforcement operation targeting convicted criminals who are also illegal immigrants. The sting conducted in all 50 states netted 2,901 criminals, including 125 in the Houston area. The seven- ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 19, 2011

    Humberto Flores: Comes Home to Questions from Cops about His Abandoned Kids, and from His Wife about Those Hickeys on His Neck

    Home Alone: Not like in the movies.​You leave the house to go see a lady friend. Your four-year-old kid is obviously mature enough to look after your one-year-old kid, especially when you're horny. Here's what you don't want to run into when you come back a few hours later: The cops waiting t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 8, 2011

    Raul Leal: Immigrant Detention Center Officer Kicked Detainee in the Face, Breaking Skull, Feds Say

    The Port Isabel Detention Center has long been the subject of complaints.​A former officer at the Port Isabel Detention Center kicked a detainee in the face, breaking a bone in his skull, and then lied to investigators, federal prosecutors alleged today. Raul Leal, 31, was arrested without in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 21, 2011

    Nationwide ICE Crackdown Nets 91 Illegal-Immigrant Arrests In Houston

    ICE nets some bad guys​The federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced today that more than 2,400 criminal illegal aliens or fugitives had been arrested in a nationwide crackdown last month, and 91 of them were in Houston. "All of the criminal aliens taken into custody had pr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Texas: Immigration Detention Capital of the Country

    In Texas, illegal immigration is often extremely lucrative.​Texas is number one again today. To our trophy case of great honors, we add Most Beholden To Private Corporations, When It Comes To Illegal Immigration. The Detention Watch Network recently released aggregated data about the big busi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 12, 2011

    Peru Gets Back Stolen Artifact Seized At Bush Intercontinental

    Nabbed in Houston.​A book from the 1700s that a traveler tried to smuggle through Bush Intercontinental has been formally returned to the country of Peru, federal officials said today. The manuscript had been stolen from the Recoleta Library in Arequipa, Peru, they said. A man with a record ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 17, 2011

    Restaurant Lawyer David Jordan on Tip Pools and Illegal Immigration

    ​David Jordan is a partner in the Houston office of Littler Mendelson, an international law firm specializing in labor and employment law. Before he was a lawyer, Jordan worked in the restaurant industry for several years: flipping burgers at Burger King when he was in high school; working in ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 3, 2011

    Bryan McCarthy: Deer Park Man Arrested for Illegally Livestreaming Sporting Events

    Bryan McCarthy: Channel surfing can get you arrested​Federal agents today arrested Bryan McCarthy, 32, for running a Web site that illegally livestreamed NFL games, pay-per-view fights and other sporting events. The operator of channelsurfing.net was arrested at his Deer Park home without inc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 1, 2011

    Dale Allen Richardson Jr.: This Badge Means I'm an Attorney!

    OF COURSE I'm a lawyer​A 28-year-old Plano man is going to federal prison for more than five years after falsely claiming to be a lawyer -- despite submitting a badge declaring him to be an "Officer of the Court" of the Cherokee Nation. That's not good enough? Well, it isn't when a clerk for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 10, 2011

    Elicio Moctezuma-Cisneros: Shootout with Fake ICE Cop Reveals Smuggling Ring; Gets Four Years

    Fake ICE cops: Just another hassle for the alien smuggler​Elicio Moctezuma-Cisneros was sentenced today to 46 months in federal prison for smuggling aliens, kidnapping, returning to the U.S. after he'd been deported, all kinds of things. If it seems a crowded career, you haven't heard the odd ... More >>

  • News

    December 30, 2010

    Prison Pays

    Despite a history of abuse and bad conditions, private prison corporation GEO keeps getting contracts from the state.

  • Blogs

    October 6, 2010

    Sheriff Adrian Garcia Helps Feds Trumpet Stats On Illegal-Alien Removals

    Photo by Austin MillerSheriff Adrian Garcia, hyping the Obama administration​The Immigration & Customs Enforcement department brought in some help for today's announcement in Washington about how great they're doing removing illegal aliens: Harris County Sheriff Adrian Garcia.Garcia appeared w ... More >>

  • Film

    September 2, 2010

    Blades of Gory

    When it's not LOL-funny, ­Robert Rodriguez's Machete is downright dull.

  • News

    August 26, 2010

    Asylum Denied

    Unlike refugees from other troubled countries, only a fraction of Mexicans seeking U.S. asylum are accepted – no matter how horrible their wounds or their stories.

  • News

    August 12, 2010

    Seized

    Inside the brutal world of America's kidnapping capital

  • News

    July 29, 2010

    ILLEGAL from Terry Greene Sterling

    Read a penetrating chapter from former Phoenix New Times investigative reporter Terry Greene Sterling's book: ILLEGAL: Life and Death in Arizona's Immigration War Zone.

  • News

    July 15, 2010

    Welcome to Mi Pueblito, Washington

    The small-town, family-farm lifestyle that we love to celebrate is being preserved — thanks to Mexican immigrants.

  • News

    July 8, 2010

    What's a Little Marriage Fraud Between Amigos?

    It's a felony, sure, but in the absence of real immigration reform, some young, assimilated illegal immigrants see it as their best path to citizenship.

  • News

    June 10, 2010

    Cowboy Down

    Rob Krentz's family talks about the life and death of the murdered Arizona rancher.

  • News

    June 3, 2010

    Badlands

    From Ground Zero of the immigration crisis along the Mexican border

  • Blogs

    May 25, 2010

    Jennifer Martinez: Posing As A Bribe-able Immigration Official

    If you're going to bribe someone, at least make sure they're legit​A woman who posed as an immigration officer took cash from hopeful immigrants, promising to get the papers, will get almost five years in prison for her trouble.Jennifer Martinez, 36, of McAllen, was sentenced here in Houston today ... More >>

  • News

    May 13, 2010

    Right-Wing Porn

    Blogger disseminates filth.

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2010

    Carrie Kelly Might Not Be One Of The Rare Female Child-Porn Dealers, But Her Mugshot Ain't Helping Her Case

    Brazoria County SOCarrie Kelly, accused child-porn fan, rocking the tats​It's not everyday you get word of a woman being nabbed on child-porn charges, especially a woman allegedly working on her own and not with a sicko husband or boyfriend.But in the small Brazoria County town of Richwood, police ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Big Brother Is Watching You Buy Cellophane

    ​Police in the Rio Grande Valley have a new tactic in the war against pot smugglers: staking out office supply stores. In three cases since last November, suspects have been followed after making large purchases of cellophane. Here's more on the most recent case, from Valleycentral.com. U. ... More >>

  • News

    February 4, 2010

    Crash Reports

    Running a red light and killing someone does not automatically mean you're in trouble in Harris County.

  • Blogs

    December 3, 2009

    ICE Chills Mambo Seafood

    Agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement raided two outposts of the seven-restaurant Mambo Seafood chain yesterday and hauled off 33 suspected illegal aliens. According to KHOU, ICE also raided the company's corporate office and hauled off boxes of documents, but refused to release details. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 20, 2009

    If Halloween Is Coming, So Are Offensive Costumes

    ​The "Illegal Alien" costume causing uproar amongst immigrant rights activists, anti-immigrant supporters and free speech advocates is the first major faux pas of this Halloween season. While anti-immigrant supporters are scrambling to find the costume, immigrant rights activists are calling for ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 7, 2009

    Shipley Do-Nuts Pays Up For Using Illegal Immigrants

    ​Shipley Do-Nuts, the oddly spelled longtime Houston morning favorite, will be forking over a ton of cash to the feds for using illegal immigrants in the workplace.The U.S. Attorney's office has announced the company will pay a $250,000 fine and forfeit $1.3 million to the government for harboring ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 3, 2009

    An ICE Round-Up Of Sex Offenders Reaps Rewards

    ​Illegal Alien Sex Offenders is not, as you might imagine, the latest half-assed proto-surfpunk band out of Alief. Instead its the prize caught in a weeklong Houston-area sweep by the feds.The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency announced late Monday afternoon the results of that sweep -- 2 ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 30, 2009

    La Migra Arrests A Whole Bunch Of Gang Members

    The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency -- ICE to illegals and legals alike -- has announced the results of a big round-up of gang members in Houston, Beaumont and Corpus Christi who are undocumented aliens."Operation Community Shield" resulted in the arrests of 116 gang members and associate ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 24, 2009

    American-born Cajun With Checkered Past Deported From Houston To Honduras

    Diane Williams has had a pretty rough life. Over the past 20 years, the 34-year-old black-haired, olive-skinned Cajun of partial Native American ancestry has been arrested numerous times here and her native Louisiana on ticky-tack drug and prostitution charges.At some point, she started resorting to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 4, 2009

    Amnesty International Not Impressed With The Immigrant Facilities At Port Isabel

    Lack of access to legal counsel and bond hearings were just two things that Amnesty International representatives found trouble with after touring the Port Isabel Detention Center near Brownsville this week."It's very hard to find legal counsel," Sarnata Reynolds told Hair Balls. Reynolds, AI's poli ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    UPDATED: Miguel Tejada Pleads Guilty To Making Misleading Statement

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2009

    UPDATED: Miguel Tejada Pleads Guilty To Making Misleading Statement

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2008

    ICE Raids Getting Flack

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 1, 2008

    Garbage In, Illegals Out

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 11, 2008

    ICE Won't Be Nabbing Illegals At Hurricane Shelters

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 2, 2008

    State Rep. Kino Flores: If The Collar's Poppin', The ICE Ain't Stoppin'

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 1, 2008

    Legal Action Stirring On Illegal-Alien Raid

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 30, 2008

    Bold New immigration Plan -- Give Yourself Up

    Miguel Tejada appeared in court today and pleaded guilty to one misdemeanor count of making a misleading statement to Congressional investigators. Tejada acknowledged that he lied when he denied to investigators any knowledge of banned substances being used by other major league players. Prosecut ... More >>

  • News

    August 30, 2007

    Telemarketing Offers

    MGR promises help with federal grants and racks up hundreds of consumer complaints

  • Dining

    April 5, 2007

    Swift Meatpacking Plant and Illegal Immigrants

    Swift & Company pitted employee against employee when it replaced injured workers with illegal immigrants

  • Culture

    January 4, 2007

    How did the Virgin of Guadalupe Get Her Name?

    Swift & Company pitted employee against employee when it replaced injured workers with illegal immigrants

  • News

    May 5, 2005

    The Zwicks: "Faith People"

    At Casa Juan Diego, compassion -- not green cards -- has always mattered most

  • News

    October 14, 2004

    Up in the Air

    Was this the punch line to a bad racist, homophobic joke or a dry run for a terrorist bombing?

  • News

    July 29, 2004

    Pretty Please, Tilman

    Houston's Donald Trump can't be bothered with paperwork

  • Calendar

    April 24, 2003

    This Week's Day-by-Day Picks

    Houston's Donald Trump can't be bothered with paperwork

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