After an investigation led by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) Ibraheem Adeneye, a Nigerian native, was stripped of his US citizenship on December 6. His citizenship was revoked after being convicted of marriage fraud, naturalization fraud, and giving false statements to a federal…
Following an investigation by the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Florida resident, Eduardo Dozzi Barbugli, was convicted of visa fraud, alien smuggling, and conspiracy. ICE HSI sentenced Barbugli to 20 months in federal prison on December 1 and he was also ordered to…
On November 23, US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) sentenced Bao Ping Wang and Trang Lu to 18 months in prison with two months probation for hiring and harboring illegal aliens. Along with their sentencing, the two defendants were required to pay $1.2 million,…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) charged Genova Navarro and Dianne Racity on November 17 for impersonating federal officers, aiding and abetting as well as harboring illegal immigrants. In addition to Navarro and Racity, Alicia Domench- Van Rhyn was charged with conspiracy charges. The…
MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 17th, 2010 We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer…
Long’s Human Resource Service signed an agreement on November 10, becoming the first Alabama business to be an IMAGE partner with the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The IMAGE program, also known as the ICE Mutual agreement between Government and Employers, was launched in 2007 to helps employer’s better…
MVP “Q & A Forum” – This Friday, December 3rd, 2010 We wanted to find a new way to engage our reader base. Every other Friday, we will post the ten (10) best/most frequently asked questions received during the week from our h1bvisalawyerblog, Facebook, and Twitter readers. We will answer…
The announcement on November 10 of E-Verify’s systems expansion was made by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano and US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Director Alejandro Mayorkas. New capabilities of the system include US passport photo matching as well as automatic checks of US passports for…
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the launch of its newly designed website, ICE.gov, on October 26. Features of the new website include up to date news from ICE as well as an improved image gallery. Information about ICE Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HIS) and ICE Office of Enforcement…
After an investigation lead by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office of Homeland Security Investigations (HIS), George Anagnostou of Maryland, was sentenced on October 28 to four months in prison and another four months on house arrest with electronic monitoring. Anagnostou also faces two years of supervised release after…