USCIS News Releases

USCIS Assists Federal Operation Targeting Nebraska Human Trafficking Ring at Area Hotels

Published on August 15, 2025

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.

#uscis #federaloperation #humantrafficking #nebraska

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USCIS Supports Investigation Leading to Guilty Plea and Mandatory Denaturalization of Committed Sex Offender

Published on August 13, 2025

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.

#uscis #investigation #carlosvelez #denaturalization

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USCIS Assists in Investigation Leading to Removal of Fugitive Criminal Predator

Published on August 7, 2025

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.

#uscis #investigation #fugitive #belgium

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USCIS Updating Policy to Protect Women’s Sports

Published on August 4, 2025

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.

#uscis #womenssports #executiveorder #immigrationpolicy

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Colombian National Pleads Guilty to Orchestrating Scheme to Submit Fraudulent Asylum Applications

Published on August 1, 2025

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.

#uscis #fraud #asylumapplications #investigation

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USCIS Continues to Put the Safety of Americans First by Reestablishing Screening and Vetting Standards

Published on August 1, 2025

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.

#uscis #immigration #refugees #policyupdate

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USCIS Report Uncovers Significant Abuses in the Special Immigrant Juvenile Program

Published on July 24, 2025

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

#uscis #immigration #nationalsecurity #specialimmigrantjuvenile

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USCIS Assists in Investigation Leading to Arrest of Haitian Engaged in Violence and Destabilization of Haiti

Published on July 23, 2025

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.

#uscis #haiti #immigrationviolations

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Joseph B. Edlow Begins Service as Director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

Published on July 18, 2025

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

#josephbedlow #uscitizenship #immigrationservices

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Two MS-13 Members in Massachusetts Sentenced for Racketeering

Published on July 18, 2025

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.

#ms13 #massachusetts #federalcourt #racketeering

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