- ICE’s increased enforcement efforts and, specifically, a six-week nationwide gang pursuit operation resulted in 1,378 arrests. Only 3 of the arrested were beneficiaries of the President Obama-initiated Deferred Adjudication of Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.
- The government has concluded an investigation that resulted in sentencing of Ms. Rosa Cingari to 12 years and 7 months in federal prison and Mr. Domenico Cingari to 8 years and 1 month in federal prison for conspiracy, making false statements in immigration applications and petitions, and mail fraud. The Cingaris were also ordered to forfeit property and a monetary judgment in the amount of $740,880 was entered against the Ccouple. Rosa and Domenico Cingari were convicted for assisting illegal aliens in obtaining Florida driver licenses by filing fraudulent immigration documents with the USCIS. It is critically important for foreign nationals and their employers to use only properly licensed immigration attorneys to apply for immigration benefits.