By Tom Jackman Washington Post Staff Writer Salvador Portillo-Saravia, a member of the MS-13 street gang, was charged with raping an 8-year-old girl at her Fairfax County (Va.) home last month. But he never should have been in Fairfax in the first place. Federal officials deported Portillo-Saravia, of Sterling, to El Salvador in 2003, and…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement manipulated the system and did highly questionable things to meet deportation goals, the Center for Investigative Reporting reported in the Washington Post. The news organization reported that ICE included in its stats more than 19,000 immigrants who exited the U.S. the previous year….
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com Federal authorities on Wednesday discovered a 600-yard long tunnel with lighting and ventilation that went from Tijuana to California that was used to smuggle marijuana, the New York Times reported. DEA and ICE officials said they found about 30 tons of marijuana in the Otay Mesa section of San Diego,the Times…
By Justin Blum Bloomberg WASHINGTON — In its search for American-built F-5 fighter jet parts, Iran turned to a father-son company operating out of a yellow stucco cottage on a country road on Ireland’s northwest coast. Tom and Sean McGuinn are accused in a U.S. indictment of conspiracy, trade violations and making false statements to…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com WASHINGTON — Secrecy surrounds a probe involving an illegal immigrant who killed a Virginia nun in a drunk driving incident. The Washington Post reports that the Department of Homeland Security won’t release findings of a probe into the matter and why the immigrant went nearly two years without a deportation hearing…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A 300-page police report released Friday stated that 20 FBI agents and three others in law enforcement said they heard agents warn Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah to show his hands or they’d send in a police dog, the Detroit Free Press reported. The report backed the conclusion this week by the…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com A former assistant special agent in charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in California was arrested Friday on charges that he scammed the government by approving $582,000 in salary and benefits for his wife, who virtually did no work, the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney’s Office announced. Authorities said that…
By Allan Lengel ticklethewire.com These have not been fun days for John Morton, who heads up U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. The union representing ICE agents just issued a vote of “no confidence” for him. And on Tuesday, two key sheriffs along the Arizona-Mexico border sharply criticized him. The sheriffs, according to the Washington Times,…
