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ATLANTA – Billy Joe Cagle, a convicted felon, has been charged via criminal complaint with attempted violence at an international airport, interstate communications containing threats to injure the person of another, and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

United States Attorney Kurt Wall announces support of DEA’s Annual Prescription Drug Take Back Day to be held on October 25, 2025, from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The National Prescription Drug Take Back Day is a bi-annual event that aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible means of disposing of prescription drugs, while also educating the general public about the potential for abuse of medications. This service is free and anonymous, no questions asked.

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

A federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico returned an indictment charging Luz Maria Peña Lopez, 55, and her daughter, Tatiana Correa Peña, 36, of Carolina, Puerto Rico, with forced labor and conspiracy to commit forced labor, announced Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and United States Attorney for the District of Puerto Rico W. Stephen Muldrow. 

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Arrests were made today across the United States, in California, Texas, and Florida, following the indictment of more than 20 members of a transnational criminal organization charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud and money laundering.      

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Memphis, TN – Michael Dunavant was sworn in on October 10, 2025, as the United States Attorney for the Western District of Tennessee. In a brief ceremony, U.S. District Judge Mark S. Norris administered the oath of office at the Odell Horton Federal Building in Memphis.Dunavant was nominated by President Donald J. Trump on June 30, 2025, and was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 7, 2025. Dunavant is currently serving for the second time as the Presidentially Appointed, Senate […]

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

Ashley Tellis, 64, a U.S. citizen residing in Vienna, Virginia, was arrested on Oct. 11 in connection with his alleged unlawful retention of classified national defense information. Tellis appeared today in the Eastern District of Virginia for a detention hearing.

on October 21, 2025 at 12:00 pm

A Mexican national living illegally in the United States was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with ramming law enforcement vehicles in an attempt to dislodge his car during an immigration arrest, in an incident in which both defendant and a deputy U.S. marshal were shot and injured.

by USCIS on October 20, 2025 at 5:19 pm

On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, an important initial step to reform the H-1B nonimmigrant visa program.

by USCIS on October 15, 2025 at 2:07 pm

The Department of Homeland Security is publishing a Federal Register notice to implement a new immigration parole fee required by the H.R. 1 Reconciliation Bill.

by USCIS on October 9, 2025 at 2:59 pm

A 24-year-old Venezuelan man residing unlawfully in Perrysburg, Ohio, and who was enrolled as a student at a local high school has pleaded guilty to lying on immigration forms and on applications to purchase a firearm.

by USCIS on September 30, 2025 at 8:12 pm

The Department of Homeland Security is announcing a final rule, effective Oct. 2, 2025, to streamline the filing process for certain temporary agricultural worker petitions.

by USCIS on September 30, 2025 at 4:44 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the Federal Bureau of Investigation, conducted Operation Twin Shield, the first of its kind targeted surge of fraud detection and deterrence activities across Minneapolis-St. Paul and surrounding areas Sept. 19 to 28 —immigration officers discovered suspected fraud in 275 cases in the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.

by USCIS on September 26, 2025 at 1:39 pm

We are issuing guidance to explain that uncharacterized discharges that occurred on or after Aug. 1, 2024, do not meet the requirement of a separation “under honorable conditions” for former alien service members to naturalize under Sections 328 and 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).

by USCIS on September 21, 2025 at 5:02 pm

On Friday, Sept. 19, 2025, President Donald J. Trump signed a Proclamation, "Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers," that took an important, initial, and incremental step to reform the H-1B visa program to curb abuses and protect American workers.

by USCIS on September 19, 2025 at 8:48 pm

Today, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem announced her decision to cancel the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) designation for Syria.

by USCIS on September 18, 2025 at 6:57 pm

 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation leading to guilty pleas from a Greenbrier couple for immigration crimes. 

by USCIS on September 18, 2025 at 4:26 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation leading to the sentencing of a South Windsor man for defrauding immigrant clients and USCIS.

by USCIS on September 17, 2025 at 2:16 pm

Today, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services posted a Federal Register notice announcing implementation of the 2025 naturalization civics test.

by USCIS on September 17, 2025 at 12:58 pm

Today, on Constitution Day, President Trump issued a letter congratulating newly naturalized citizens taking the Oath of Allegiance and urging them to “safeguard, honor, and respect” the American Constitution.

by USCIS on September 16, 2025 at 3:16 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to meet the congressionally established H-2B cap for the first half of fiscal year 2026. Sept. 12 was the final receipt date for new cap-subject H-2B worker petitions requesting an employment start date before April 1, 2026.

by USCIS on September 10, 2025 at 6:25 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance during a federal investigation that resulted in the arrest of two Minnesota men for their roles in major crimes committed abroad.

by USCIS on September 8, 2025 at 5:57 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, in coordination with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enforcement and Removal Operations Seattle, facilitated the arrest of Muhammad Chaudhry, a 52-year-old Pakistani national criminal alien.

by USCIS on September 5, 2025 at 1:13 pm

The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice on the termination of the 2021 designation of Venezuela for Temporary Protected Status.

by USCIS on September 4, 2025 at 9:45 pm

The U.S. Attorney General announced that 12 people have been charged in a superseding indictment for their roles in an international conspiracy involving alien smuggling, asylum fraud, and money laundering schemes that brought thousands of aliens illegally into the United States for profit. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in the investigation.

by USCIS on September 4, 2025 at 1:00 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is now authorized to expand its law enforcement authorities and newly-minted USCIS 1811 classified officers (commonly known as special agents) will be empowered to investigate, arrest, and present for prosecution those who violate America’s immigration laws under a final rule published today.

by USCIS on September 3, 2025 at 8:46 pm

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of the 2021 designation of Temporary Protected Status for Venezuela, which will expire on Sept. 10, 2025.

by USCIS on August 29, 2025 at 4:21 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has implemented a new way to pay fees using electronic debit from a U.S. bank account.

by USCIS on August 22, 2025 at 6:59 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the conviction and sentencing of an Indian national, residing in New York, for staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.

by USCIS on August 20, 2025 at 5:42 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is restoring robust screening and vetting processes to detect aliens seeking to defraud or abuse the immigration system, including aliens who make false claims to U.S. citizenship.

by USCIS on August 19, 2025 at 3:26 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the factors that officers consider in certain benefit requests where an exercise of discretion is required, including factors relating to aliens’ past requests for parole and any involvement in anti-American or terrorist organizations, as well as the use of discretion in adjudication of certain benefit requests where evidence of antisemitic activity is present.

by USCIS on August 18, 2025 at 6:52 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a pivotal role in the investigation leading to a federal grand jury indictment of a child molester in North Carolina.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 15, 2025 at 4:26 pm

INDIANAPOLIS— Last week U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Indianapolis seized a shipment containing designer counterfeit watches. If the watches—which came from Hong Kong—had been genuine, they would have been worth more than…

by USCIS on August 15, 2025 at 2:13 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies during a coordinated operation targeting a human trafficking ring operating in Omaha-area hotels.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 15, 2025 at 1:02 pm

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced two major trade enforcement wins under the Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA), which authorizes CBP to investigate and stop duty evasion schemes like illegal transshipment. These…

by USCIS on August 13, 2025 at 6:20 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key support in an investigation that led to Carlos Fabian Velez, 54, of San Antonio, pleading guilty to unlawful procurement of citizenship or naturalization.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on August 13, 2025 at 2:39 pm

LOUISVILLE, Ky—On August 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Louisville intercepted a shipment containing more than 7,000 pairs of counterfeit earrings. The shipment was arriving from Hong Kong and was heading to a person’s…

by USCIS on August 8, 2025 at 1:29 pm

We are updating the Policy Manual to clarify that a visa becomes available for the purposes of Child Status Protection Act age calculation based on the Final Action Dates chart of the Department of State Visa Bulletin.

by USCIS on August 7, 2025 at 2:21 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led Immigration and Customs Enforcement to remove Romulus Mihai, an illegally present 33-year old Belgian fugitive convicted of sexual exploitation of a child in his native country.

by USCIS on August 4, 2025 at 2:43 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual in alignment with Executive Order 14201, Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports, which directs the Department of Homeland Security to develop policies to prevent the entry of male athletes seeking to compete in women’s sports.

by USCIS on August 1, 2025 at 7:21 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided significant assistance in the investigation of Carlos Adolfo Haeckermann Cardenas, who pleaded guilty in federal court to orchestrating a scheme to submit dozens of false and fraudulent asylum applications to USCIS.

by USCIS on August 1, 2025 at 5:19 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the interview criteria for aliens who are asylees and refugees and their derivative family members filing Form I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status.

by USCIS on August 1, 2025 at 4:15 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual that will enhance our capability to screen and vet family-based immigrant visa petitions.

by USCIS on July 24, 2025 at 8:19 pm

Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published a report identifying significant national security and integrity vulnerabilities in the Special Immigrant Juvenile program.

by USCIS on July 23, 2025 at 6:29 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance in the investigation that led to Immigration and Customs Enforcement arresting Pierre Reginald Boulus on July 17 for violating the Immigration and Nationality Act by contributing to the destabilization of Haiti.

by USCIS on July 18, 2025 at 8:30 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is publishing a federal register notice (FRN) based on the H.R 1 Reconciliation Bill (H.R. 1).

by USCIS on July 18, 2025 at 5:48 pm

On July 15, 2025, the United States Senate confirmed Joseph Edlow to serve as director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

by USCIS on July 18, 2025 at 5:32 pm

Two members of La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, were recently sentenced in federal court in Boston for their roles in a previously unsolved murder.

by USCIS on July 18, 2025 at 1:09 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has received enough petitions to reach the congressionally mandated 65,000 H-1B visa regular cap and the 20,000 H-1B visa U.S. advanced degree exemption, known as the master’s cap, for fiscal year 2026.

by USCIS on July 17, 2025 at 4:12 pm

Five Louisiana men, including four active and former law enforcement officers, were indicted Wednesday on charges of bribery, conspiracy to commit visa fraud, and mail fraud, following a federal investigation initiated by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on July 15, 2025 at 6:30 pm

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection today released finalized operational statistics for June 2025, reflecting historic performance across the agency’s core missions.“From shutting down illegal crossings to seizing fentanyl and enforcing…

by USCIS on July 14, 2025 at 8:37 pm

Defendant sold three fake Social Security cards and three Green Cards to an undercover officer

by USCIS on July 14, 2025 at 1:01 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key assistance to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations resulting in the July 9 arrest of a high-ranking member of the violent MS-13 gang who was listed among El Salvador’s top 100 most wanted fugitives.

by USCIS on July 11, 2025 at 7:34 pm

USCIS will soon begin to collect new fees for certain immigration benefit requests. We will provide details on the implementation of these fee changes in the coming days.

by USCIS on July 7, 2025 at 4:08 pm

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua, which will expire on July 5, 2025.

by USCIS on July 7, 2025 at 4:02 pm

After finding improved country conditions in Honduras, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status, as required by the statute.

by USCIS on July 3, 2025 at 6:21 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is celebrating Independence Day by welcoming new citizens in naturalization ceremonies throughout the country.

by USCIS on June 30, 2025 at 1:32 pm

The U.S. attorney announced the indictment of Anibal Rios Lavias, 30, a U.S. citizen born in Mexico, charging him with naturalization fraud.

by USCIS on June 27, 2025 at 8:04 pm

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem today announced the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Haiti. The TPS designation for the country expires on Aug. 3, 2025, and the termination will be effective on Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

by USCIS on June 27, 2025 at 2:49 pm

Hillsborough County high school teacher Shannon Lee Samlalsingh, 46, has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to making false statements to a firearms dealer. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation.

by USCIS on June 26, 2025 at 6:36 pm

The U.S. Attorney announced Jean Morose Viliena, the former mayor of Les Irois, Haiti, was sentenced to nine years in prison followed by three years of supervised release by Chief Judge F. Dennis Saylor IV for the District of Massachusetts.

by USCIS on June 24, 2025 at 4:32 pm

We are updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual, Volume 4, on valid marriages between a principal asylee or principal refugee and their claimed spouse.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on June 23, 2025 at 5:13 pm

 LOUISVILLE, Ky—On June 19 and June 20, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in Louisville seized five shipments containing a total of almost 2,200 pieces of counterfeit jewelry. On June 19 the first shipment arrived from China…

by USCIS on June 18, 2025 at 6:43 pm

Defendant is an alleged gang associate who sold four pistols – two with defaced serial numbers – and more than 100 rounds of ammunition to gang members

by USCIS on June 17, 2025 at 1:10 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a key role in supporting a federal investigation that resulted in the indictment of two Texas residents for their alleged involvement in a large-scale immigration fraud scheme.

by USCIS on June 17, 2025 at 1:05 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services aided in the investigation that led to a federal grand jury indictment Wednesday charging Omoyoma Christopher Okoro, 51, a United States citizen born in Nigeria, with naturalization fraud.

by USCIS on June 16, 2025 at 4:38 pm

An Albanian national was charged with marriage fraud, and he and his wife, an American citizen, were both charged with making false statements on forms submitted to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

by USCIS on June 13, 2025 at 1:34 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance to enhance the integrity of the review process for Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions.

by USCIS on June 12, 2025 at 4:04 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on how we disclose derogatory information upon which an adverse decision is based.

by USCIS on June 12, 2025 at 1:31 pm

Since U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services published new guidance on issuing Notices to Appear (NTAs) on Feb. 28, it has initiated removal proceedings against more than 26,700 aliens with no legal basis to remain in the country.

by USCIS on June 11, 2025 at 2:26 pm

A Brazilian national residing in Malden, Massachusetts, was recently sentenced in federal court in Boston for lying on his asylum application and at an immigration hearing.

by USCIS on June 11, 2025 at 1:26 pm

We are updating Volume 8 of the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that a Form I-693, Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, signed by a civil surgeon on or after Nov. 1, 2023, is only valid while the application the Form I-693 was submitted with is pending.

by USCIS on June 9, 2025 at 9:12 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services today released a video message in which President Trump welcomes newly naturalized citizens into our “national family” and invokes the pride new citizens should feel to share a home and heritage with America’s most exceptional heroes and patriots.

by USCIS on June 9, 2025 at 4:59 pm

A member of the gang La Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, recently pleaded guilty in federal court in Boston to conspiracy to participating in a racketeering enterprise, more commonly referred to as RICO or racketeering conspiracy.

by USCIS on June 7, 2025 at 12:51 am

On May 30, 2025, the Supreme Court of the United States issued an order lifting the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts’s April 14, 2025 Preliminary Injunction that stayed parts of the March 25, 2025 Federal Register notice titled, “Termination of Parole Process for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans (CHNV).

by USCIS on June 5, 2025 at 1:36 pm

The Department of Homeland Security today posted a Federal Register notice on the termination of Temporary Protected Status for Nepal. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with the appropriate interagency partners, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem determined that conditions in Nepal no longer meet the statutory requirements for TPS.  

by USCIS on June 4, 2025 at 4:27 pm

At the direction of the Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) are ramping up the review of immigration records and will take immediate appropriate actions to crackdown on visa overstays stemming from the Biden Administration’s failure to enforce the law.

by USCIS on June 3, 2025 at 4:04 pm

The Department of Homeland Security posted a Federal Register notice on the termination of Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for Cameroon.

by USCIS on June 2, 2025 at 1:54 pm

A Colombian woman unlawfully residing in Boston has been indicted by a federal grand jury for identity theft offenses—including receiving rental assistance, Social Security, and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits—as well as voter fraud under the stolen identity.

by USCIS on May 29, 2025 at 7:09 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to an Indian national, residing in New York, pleading guilty to staging armed robberies in furtherance of a visa fraud conspiracy.

by USCIS on May 28, 2025 at 5:07 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to a citizen of India pleading guilty in a marriage fraud scheme.

by USCIS on May 28, 2025 at 2:06 pm

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a Mexican national for a smuggling and labor trafficking scheme and illegally reentering the United States.

by U.S. Customs and Border Protection on May 28, 2025 at 2:01 pm

WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued a Withhold Release Order May 28, against Zhen Fa 7, a Chinese-flagged fishing vessel. Effective immediately, CBP officers at all U.S. ports of entry will detain seafood, including but not…