Politically motivated and naive is how Hillsborough County Sheriff David Gee described a congresswoman's call for a federal investigation after last week's arrest of a Mexican national in rape cases. ...more

August 25, 2008

Workers who help process millions of visa and citizenship applications for a federal immigration agency are getting pay reductions just as the agency is facing an enormous surge in those applications. ...more

December 2, 2007

Millions of people who applied for naturalization and other immigration benefits to beat a midsummer fee increase are caught in a paperwork pileup that threatens the chance for some to become U.S. citizens in time to vote in next November's presidential election. ...more

November 23, 2007

A former immigration enforcement agent who was based at MacDill Air Force Base was arrested Friday night in Tampa in connection with the alleged rape of a 39-year-old Jamaican detainee, according to records and published reports. ...more

November 18, 2007

TAMPA - A former immigration agent employed at MacDill Air Force Base was arrested in Tampa Friday night in connection with the rape of a 39-year-old Jamaican detainee, according to records and published reports. Wilfredo Vazquez, 35, is accused of sexually assaulting the mother of two at his Tamarac home, in Broward County, on Sept. 21, the Miami Herald reported in today's edition, citing a criminal complaint filed Friday in Miami federal court. ...more

November 17, 2007

The leader of an unrecognized American Indian tribe was arrested Thursday in a raid by federal authorities investigating claims the group sold tribal memberships to immigrants with the promise that joining would provide U.S. citizenship. ...more

September 7, 2007