First-Time Immigration Violators Face Criminal Charges

Nogales, Arizona - To deter illicit and dangerous human smuggling attempts, the Tucson Sector Border Patrol is focusing on presenting illegal aliens to the United States Attorney’s office for criminal prosecution of first-time illegal border crossers apprehended in Nogales.

Parties Agree to Divestiture of Senior Living Facilities Referral Service Caring.com as a Condition of Red Ventures Acquiring Bankrate

Washington, DC - Red Ventures and Bankrate have agreed to a divestiture of Bankrate’s Caring.com business unit to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that their $1.4 billion merger would likely harm competition in the market for third-party paid referral service for senior living facilities.

New York Resident Charged With Providing Material Support to ISIS, Extradited to United States

New York - An indictment was unsealed today charging Mirsad Kandic, 36, a legal permanent resident of the United States who left the United States in 2013, with one count of conspiring to provide material support and resources to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organization, resulting in death, and five counts of providing and attempting to provide material support and resources to ISIS, including personnel, equipment and false documentation and identification, including one count resulting in death.  

Department Of Justice Supports BJS’s Efforts to Release State Estimates of Crime from the National Crime Victimization Survey

Washington, DC - The Department of Justice today announced its support of efforts to collect, analyze and report state and local crime data through the National Crime Victimization Survey. The expansion of the NCVS to produce state and local crime estimates is part of a continuing effort to improve crime data collection and it aligns with recommendations from the President’s Crime Data Task Force, which is focused on reducing violent crime.

24 Border Patrol Agents Return from Puerto Rico

Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Mobile Response Team and Border Patrol Tactical Unit (BORTAC) returned home Tuesday afternoon after a 26-day rotation in Puerto Rico.