Because the smuggling fees have gone up astronomically, there is more money to be made and it is attracting increasingly sophisticated and ruthless organizations. They are trying to stay one step ahead of us, and it's our job to outmaneuver them.

We have to be able to prove the employer knowingly hired someone who is not authorized to work.

We have an open and ongoing investigation so we're not talking a lot about it.

The people we're targeting are people who have had their day in court, had their due process, and been ordered to leave.

I would be quite surprised if someone shows up to claim this piece of lost luggage.

As far as we know, that's the largest single seizure of cocaine at the airport.

We're asserting they are in violation of the terms of their visas and that they have no legal basis to be in the U.S..

His removal is not imminent, but certainly this is a very important victory for us. We hope to prevail ultimately.

There was no intention to target the children. We were arresting their parents. The parents were concerned about the kids coming home to an empty house. We didn't want to separate a family.