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You are subscribed to Immigration news updates. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. Michigan couple arrested, facing multiple charges involving harboring unauthorized aliens, and money laundering 11/18/2025 07:00 AM EST U.S. Attorney Michael DiGiacomo announced today that Moises Orduna-Rios, 36, and Raquel Orduna-Rios, 30, of Plymouth, Michigan, were arrested and charged by criminal complaint with conspiracy, transporting and harboring unauthorized aliens for commercial advantage or private financial gain, conspiracy to bring in, harbor, and transport unauthorized aliens, employment of at least 10 unauthorized aliens within a 12-month period, engaging in a pattern or practice of employing unauthorized aliens, and money laundering and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The charges carry a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a fine of $3,000 for each unauthorized alien employed by the defendants.  Illegal alien indicted for dragging officers with his vehicle 11/18/2025 07:00 AM EST COLUMBUS, Ohio – A federal grand jury indicted a Venezuelan national today on charges alleging he assaulted federal officers while resisting arrest.  Honduran Man Guilty of Illegal Reentry 11/18/2025 07:00 AM EST NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – CHRISTIAN PENA-OCHOA ("PENA"), age 30, a Honduran citizen, pleaded guilty on November 5, 2025 before U.S. District Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle, to illegal reentry of a removed alien, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1326(a). United States Attorney's Office Summarizes Accomplishments During the Lapse in Government Funding 11/18/2025 07:00 AM EST Two Charged in Human Smuggling Event that Led to at Least Four Deaths 11/17/2025 07:00 AM EST SAN DIEGO – David Alfonso Barrera Nunes, a Mexican national believed to be the captain of a smuggling boat that capsized off Imperial Beach in rough surf over the weekend, was charged in federal court today in connection with the deaths of four passengers. Barrera Nunes was arrested Saturday and charged today with Bringing in Aliens Resulting in Death and Bringing in Aliens for Financial Gain. A detention hearing is scheduled for Friday at 9 a.m. before U.S. Magistrate Judge David Leshner.

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