More than two years after he was arrested - and after two courts have since ruled in his favor - the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 6, 2009

More than two years after he was arrested – and after two courts have since ruled in his favor – the federal government has dropped its legal pursuit of Youssef Megahed. ...more

November 5, 2009

Federal authorities made 1,785 arrests nationwide, including 138 in Florida, during a six-month initiative by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. ...more

October 16, 2009

Investigators arrested Marcus James Morgan of Thontosassa today at his home, according to the state Attorney General's Office. ...more

April 1, 2009

Three men. Hundreds of marijuana plants. One big bust. ...more

March 26, 2009

It was a family reunion fraught with risks involving parents fearful of deportation but more afraid that their 2-month old baby had been abducted. ...more

March 25, 2009

A 2-month-old baby has been reunited with her parents more than 24 hours after a woman impersonating an immigration official took the child from her mother. ...more

March 24, 2009

Using phony documents and the identities of a dead man and a 5-year-old boy, a government investigator obtained U.S. passports in a test of post-9/11 security. ...more

March 13, 2009

It's reassuring that local law enforcement appears intent on keeping the lid on gang crime. Last week, some 75 suspected gang members were arrested in a joint operation conducted by the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office, Tampa Police Department, Florida Highway Patrol, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the U.S. Marshal Service. ...more

February 28, 2009

Immigration agents this week conducted their first work-site raid since President Barack Obama took office, but it was news to their boss, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, who on Wednesday ordered a review of the action. ...more

February 25, 2009