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The ICE News Top Stories is a listing of downloadable photos and other media with links — if available — to their respective News Releases. Click on the photo for a larger image. The Top Stories can be sorted via the drop-down menus by month/year, state, and news topic.
Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credit of "Photo Courtesy of ICE" or "Image Courtesy of ICE" is requested
2/19/2013
TOP STORY: Science and Technology Searchable Toner and Printing Ink Library transitions to ICE HSI Forensic Laboratory
Ownership of a Searchable Toner and Printing Ink Library was transferred to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Forensic Laboratory Jan. 30.
2/15/2013
TOP STORY: ICE remembers special agent Jaime J. Zapata
Today marks the two-year anniversary of the death of ICE's HSI Special Agent Jaime J. Zapata.
2/15/2013
SCAM ALERT: Cyber criminals masquerade as the ICE Cyber Crimes Center to extort money from web users
Online scammers have employed a new hoax to extort money from web users in the name of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Cyber Crimes Center.
2/6/2013
TOP STORY: ICE signs memorandum of cooperation with Afghanistan
A memorandum of cooperation was signed Feb. 6 to memorialize a joint commitment to continue the Transnational Criminal Investigative Unit (TCIU) in Afghanistan and set forth principles of cooperation between the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Ministry of Interior of the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
2/5/2013
TOP STORY: ICE Director John Morton addresses Chatham House
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton spoke at the Chatham House in London, United Kingdom Tuesday, Feb. 5.
1/31/2013
TOP STORY: ICE Director delivers keynote address to anti-human trafficking symposium
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton delivered a keynote address to the Anti-Human Trafficking Symposium at Georgetown University, January 30.
1/16/2013
TOP STORY: HSI Tampa special agents help put identity thief behind bars
A Tampa Police Department detective embarked on the investigation.
1/14/2013
TOP STORY: ICE to be featured in premiere of Discovery Channel's Extreme Smuggling
In the premiere episode of Extreme Smuggling, airing tonight on the Discovery Channel, former smugglers, law enforcement and military professionals will give first-hand accounts of their experiences in the ongoing war against the drug trade.
12/11/2012
TOP STORY: HSI takes down human smuggling organization
It began with a routine traffic stop in Tampa, Fla. On Feb. 4, just after 5 p.m., Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office deputies pulled over 21-year-old Kathleen Roberson. Not only did she not have a valid driver's license, but she was also transporting five illegal aliens in her Kia Sorrento.
12/5/2012
TOP STORY: Callers report wide range of suspected criminal activity to HSI Tip Line Unit
In Williston, Vt., men and women from the Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Tip Line Unit at U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) are on duty 24/7, 365 days year, receiving tips and quickly routing them to where they need to go.
11/28/2012
TOP STORY: The house that RCI built
Last summer, the Grand Traverse County Sheriff's Office (GTSO) in Traverse City, Mich., opened a 7,000 square foot, $800,000 recreation service building that was built from funds solely deriving from an investigation led by ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
11/20/2012
TOP STORY: CBS News' 60 MINUTES features ICE-HSI bust of a multi-billion-dollar Colombian 'Super Cartel'
This past Sunday, Nov. 18, CBS News' 60 MINUTES aired a story highlighting ICE's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) investigation and take down of the Pacific Rim "Super Cartel" based in Colombia.
11/15/2012
TOP STORY: ICE gives full effort to helping personnel affected by Hurricane Sandy
Weather conditions eventually became so severe that in one case a special agent actually had to swim from his home to safety.
11/14/2012
TOP STORY: ERO launches second phase of Community and Detainee Helpline
This expanded service streamlines the means by which detainees can access assistance.
11/8/2012
TOP STORY: Detainee Intercultural Center is a place for spiritual reflection
The newly-established Detainee Intercultural Center at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) El Paso Processing Center in Texas is a place where men and women in ICE custody can reflect, meditate and worship.
11/5/2012
TOP STORY: US Central Command commends ICE for hiring US military veterans
On Thursday, U.S. Central Command's (CENTCOM's) senior enlisted leader presented U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director John Morton with a certificate of appreciation for ICE's work in recruiting, hiring and employing veterans.
11/1/2012
TOP STORY: HSI RRTs deploy in Sandy's aftermath
In the wake of one of the worst storms to ever hit the northeastern seaboard, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Rapid Response Teams have been doing their part to assist in Hurricane Sandy's aftermath.
10/24/2012
TOP STORY: HSI Cocoa Beach participates in child predator operation that nets 23 arrests
The operation was titled Operation Volusia Broadband, and it was spearheaded by Florida's Volusia County Sheriff's Office.
10/19/2012
TOP STORY: HSI special agent, LMP detective sergeant commissioned as 'Kentucky Colonels'
As a thank you for their investigative work and dedication to an international child predator case with a nexus to Kentucky, Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear recently commissioned ICE's HSI Special Agent Michael Romagnoli and Detective Sergeant Nathan Coutts of the London Metropolitan Police's International Assistance Unit, as Kentucky Colonels.
10/10/2012
TOP STORY: Royal Bahamas Police Force turns to HSI gang unit for guidance
Over the past couple years, law enforcement agencies across the globe have seen a steady rise in transnational organized gangs. To tackle this growing problem in the Bahamas, ICE's Homeland Security Investigations' (HSI) National Gang Unit recently led a workshop to train officers with the Royal Bahamas Police Force's newest anti-gang unit.
10/5/2012
TOP STORY: New TV series takes viewers behind the scenes with HSI special agents at JFK
It's the stuff television shows are made of-special agents and officers apprehending and interrogating smugglers who try to sneak drugs and other contraband into the United States. In a new National Geographic television series, viewers go behind the scenes with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
9/28/2012
TOP STORY: ICE familiarization trip educates foreign immigration officials on US detention and removal process and policies
Last month, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hosted a familiarization trip for Honduran and Guatemalan immigration officials to learn more about the United States' detention and removal process and policies, and to strengthen ties between the United States and both countries.
9/19/2012
TOP STORY: Human trafficker sentenced to 30 years in prison
After a nearly two-year investigation, a fugitive featured on 'America's Most Wanted' was sentenced on sex trafficking charges.
9/14/2012
TOP STORY: HSI helps secure the Republican and Democratic National Convention
With a presidential nominee and several high profile elected officials in attendance, law enforcement agencies had to secure the entire area surrounding the both events.
9/11/2012
TOP STORY: ICE Gallery pays tribute to 9/11 sacrifices
Many of the U.S. Customs and Immigration and Naturalization Service employees, based in the New York area, quickly responded in the aftermath.
