A U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) press release has announced that ICE officials have arrested a 52-year-old Haitian national on human rights violation charges. Placide Jolicoeur, former commander of Mirebalais, a Haitian township, was identified as a human rights violator by the U.S. State department, and part of the 240-person list of human rights violators from the United Nation’s International Civilian Mission’s list.

Jolicoeur was first denied immigration relief by a federal judge on Oct. 6, 1997. His appeal to the Board of Immigration Appeals was dismissed on Jan. 24, 2006. Since this dismissal, Joliceur has failed to comply with his order of removal. He is currently being held in Krome Detention Center , an ICE facility, awaiting deportation proceedings.

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Two illegal aliens from Mexico have been sentenced to 19 months in prison for creating a Louisville, KY-area fraudulent document ring. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) news release announced that Christopher Martinez-Juarez, 23 and Hector Lavoe-Gonzalez, 30, both of Louisville were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to possess and sell document-making instruments and false identification documents.

Upon serving their sentences, both men will be turned over to ICE and placed in deportation proceedings. This sentencing is the latest action of enforcement under the new immigration enforcement strategy announced April 20 by Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff.

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According to the ICE, sixty-two fugitives were arrested in Miami during a one-week period in which U.S. ICE deportation officers worked with ICE’s Miami Fugitive Operations team. Fifty of those arrested were fugitive aliens who ignored their lawful orders of removal and remained in the country. The remaining 12 were in violation of U.S. immigration laws and have been charged. The criminal histories of many of those arrested range from aggravated assault with a deadly weapon to prostitution and probation violations.