News Releases

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services is aggressively working to ensure America’s national security by addressing vulnerabilities in immigration policies, reducing exploitation of humanitarian parole programs, and assisting enforcement agencies in identifying and removing illegal aliens.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played an important part in an investigation conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of State Diplomatic Security Service, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office ​for Maryland, which led to the arrests in a nationwide marriage fraud operation.

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.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) played a critical role in an FBI-led Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) investigation that brought a would-be terrorist to justice.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided key support to an investigation that led to a former refugee and legal permanent resident in Texas pleading guilty to charges of providing material support to ISIS.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services provided valuable assistance to the investigation that led to the sentencing of a United Kingdom man for making false statements in an immigration matter.

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services assisted in the investigation that led to the apprehension of 133 illegal aliens in New York between March 24 and 28.

Today U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) will begin considering aliens’ antisemitic activity on social media and the physical harassment of Jewish individuals as grounds for denying immigration benefit requests.