U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Violent immigration fraud ring members indicted: officials
Feb 24, 2011 14:06 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 20 members of a network that allegedly forged documents for illegal immigrants and engaged in kidnapping, beating and murder to protect its turf have been indicted for racketeering, officials said on Thursday.
Violent immigration fraud ring members indicted: officials
Feb 24, 2011 14:05 EST
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 20 members of a network that allegedly forged documents for illegal immigrants and engaged in kidnapping, beating and murder to protect its turf have been indicted for racketeering, officials said on Thursday.
Mexico captures suspects in U.S. agent's killing
Feb 23, 2011 22:59 EST
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A Mexican drug gang killed a U.S. customs agent and wounded another last week after mistaking the officials for rivals, Mexican officials said on Wednesday as they presented several captured suspects.
Mexico captures suspect in US federal agent killing
Feb 23, 2011 21:33 EST
The Mexican army captured a suspect in the killing of a US federal agent, as the two countries' leaders planned to meet amid tension over their joint anti-drug strategy.
Mexican leader slams U.S. coordination in drug war
Feb 22, 2011 15:41 EST
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - President Felipe Calderon has rejected accusations that a lack of coordination in Mexico is undermining his fight against drug cartels, saying the real culprit is the rivalry within U.S. intelligence agencies.
U.S. vows justice for agent slain in Mexico
Feb 22, 2011 13:28 EST
BROWNSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. authorities vowed on Tuesday to work with Mexico to hunt down the killers of a federal agent shot by suspected drug cartel hitmen in Mexico, as more than a thousand mourners gathered for his funeral in south Texas.
US agent death sparks concern over Mexico strategy
Feb 18, 2011 15:01 EST
The shooting of two US federal agents in northern Mexico this week has led to calls by American lawmakers to rethink the joint strategy to fight drug trafficking along the increasingly violent border.
US seeks funds to expel 200,00 criminal aliens
Feb 17, 2011 18:42 EST
The US administration's budget request for the upcoming fiscal year contains funds allowing the government to expel some 200,000 aliens with criminal records, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Thursday.
Police arrest nine in alleged U.S.-Mexico arms ring
Feb 17, 2011 17:58 EST
PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested nine people and seized 300 firearms, including assault rifles, in a raid targeting an arms ring that allegedly sold weapons to Mexican drug traffickers, authorities said on Thursday.
Chipotle fired 450 after Minn. immigration audit
Feb 17, 2011 17:04 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc fired about 450 workers in Minnesota after an audit by U.S. immigration officials flagged questionable worker eligibility documents, the company said in a regulatory filing on Thursday.
US vows justice for agent slain in Mexico
Feb 17, 2011 16:22 EST
US Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Thursday vowed "justice will be brought" to the Mexican roadside gunmen who fatally shot an American immigration agent.
Mexico drug gang suspected in U.S. agents' shooting
Feb 16, 2011 18:14 EST
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gang hitmen were behind the shooting of two U.S. immigration and customs agents on a major highway, the governor of the state where the men were attacked said on Wednesday.
Obama calls parents of agent shot in Mexico
Feb 16, 2011 15:29 EST
US President Barack Obama on Wednesday called the parents of a US agent killed in Mexico in the latest violent outburst in the Mexican government's crackdown on brutal drugs cartels.
Mexico drug gang suspected in U.S. agents' shooting
Feb 16, 2011 14:23 EST
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican drug gang hitmen were behind the shooting of two U.S. immigration and customs agents, the governor of the state where the men were attacked said on Wednesday.
US customs agent shot dead in Mexico
Feb 15, 2011 22:27 EST
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent was shot and killed "in the line of duty" in Mexico and a second was wounded in the attack by "unknown assailants," a top US official said.
Two US customs agents shot in Mexico: official
Feb 15, 2011 19:03 EST
Two agents with the US Customs and Immigration Enforcement (ICE) agency were "shot in the line of duty" in Mexico Tuesday, US officials said, without giving details of their condition.
Chipotle "navigating" through immigrant worker woes
Feb 10, 2011 18:55 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Fast-growing burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc said on Thursday it was too early to tell if it would change its hiring practices after a federal immigration crackdown forced it to fire hundreds of employees in Minnesota.
Chipotle flagged immigrant worker audits last year
Feb 09, 2011 16:47 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc, now in the midst of a widening federal crackdown on its undocumented work force, warned investors a year ago that it was subject to immigration audits and that it may have been employing workers in the country illegally.
U.S. fast food caught in immigration crosshairs
Feb 07, 2011 17:25 EST
LOS ANGELES/DALLAS (Reuters) - Chipotle Mexican Grill has a lot going for it -- an upscale burrito concept, a hip and eco-friendly image, expansion plans galore and a 500 percent-plus stock price gain in just over two years.
Immigration probe of Chipotle widens
Feb 04, 2011 16:41 EST
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Upscale burrito chain Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc faces a wider probe of its hiring by immigration officials, after the company came under scrutiny in Minnesota and had to fire workers.
