The United Nations Human Rights Committee has determined that countries cannot deport people who have sought asylum due to climate-related threats. The historic ruling marks the first decision by a UN human rights treaty body based on a complaint filed by an individual seeking protection from the effects of climate change. Keep Reading
A Phoenix man was sentenced January 14, to 80 months in prison, followed by five years of supervised release for alien smuggling resulting in a death in a probe spearheaded by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations assisted by the United States Border Patrol. Keep Reading
In fiscal year 2019, HSI arrested 2,197 individuals in connection with human trafficking and identified more than 400 trafficking victims, with the majority of arrests in Los Angeles, Houston, Atlanta, Charlotte, and Phoenix. Keep Reading
Just miles from where this year’s Super Bowl is set to take place at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Fla., the feds are already in town to train Miami International Airport officials on how to spot human trafficking victims. Keep Reading
In a locked, guarded courtroom in a compound surrounded by razor wire, Immigration Judge Jerome Rothschild waits — and stalls. Keep Reading
The first repatriation flight of the new year, and second of fiscal year 2020, departed Tucson International Airport Jan. 16, carrying 124 Mexican nationals. Keep Reading
The US Immigration and Customs Enforcement is seeking information on individuals who were previously in state custody, as well as one individual, Reeaz Khan, who is being held in the alleged murder of a 92-year-old woman. Keep Reading
The operation was led by Finnish Customs and the central office against environmental and public health crime of the French National Gendarmerie, and involved law enforcement authorities from 11 EU Member States, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ukraine, U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency and the European Anti-Fraud Office. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists working at George Bush Intercontinental Airport have intercepted two vials of undeclared biological sciences. Keep Reading
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector stopped a dangerous human smuggling attempt near the American Canal on January 15. Keep Reading
