HSI Philadelphia announced June 17 that Brahmananda Prasad, of Queens, New York, was sentenced to nearly 23 years in prison following an intensive HSI investigation into a nationwide cocaine-trafficking conspiracy.
Nonprofit groups suing U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement over courthouse arrest policies pressed a Manhattan federal judge to force the agency to produce documents and testimony concerning arrests it conducts outside immigration courts after the agency's revised policy concerning such arrests in Manhattan was put on hold.
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the Laredo Port of Entry recently apprehended a pedestrian wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for homicide.On July 7, CBP officers at Laredo’s Gateway to the…
BARSTOW, Calif. — On July 7, U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Indio Station assisted in the recovery of two missing children and the apprehension of their non-custodial parent during a coordinated law enforcement response in Barstow, Calif.Border…
PHARR, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Pharr International Bridge seized methamphetamine valued at $10,787,542 in a single enforcement action."The threat of illicit narcotics is constant, but so is our vigilance. This…
EL PASO, Texas –U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized 8 firearms and 500 rounds of ammunition attempting to illegally enter Mexico at the Presidio, Texas Port of Entry on July 8.During Southbound inspections, CBP officers discovered 6…
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services played a critical role in a federal investigation that resulted in two Venezuelan illegal aliens being sentenced to a combined 32 years in prison for sex trafficking a 16-year-old orphan, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced.
A split Fifth Circuit panel said a federal judge was right to block a challenge to an agreement Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and the Trump administration struck to end Texas law provisions allowing some unauthorized immigrants to pay in-state college tuition.
After a cascade of unpredictable immigration policies in the first half of the year, immigration attorneys are bracing for more uncertainty through the year's end regarding final rules fixing the admission period for students, increasing prevailing wage rates and more. Here, Law360 looks at six policy issues that could feature prominently in the second half of 2026.


