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http://www.ice.gov/pi/news/newsreleases/articles/070104dc.htm

January 4, 2007

ICE Removes Israeli Citizen Convicted for Export Violations
Alien Convicted of Attempting to Export High-Tech Defense Equipment to Hezbollah

WASHINGTON, D.C.- U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers last night removed an Israeli citizen who had served a six-month prison term in New York for conspiracy to export sensitive military technology to a Lebanon-based terrorist group.

Tomer Grinberg, 33, was found guilty in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York last April of being a co-conspirator in attempting to ship night-vision goggles and infrared aiming scopes to Hezbollah, whose publicly stated goals include destruction of the state of Israel.

On May 19, 2004, Grinberg and a co-conspirator were arrested as they prepared to ship the restricted military equipment to Greece for recipient Hezbollah without obtaining proper licenses for the shipment.

Grinberg, of Na'Ria, Israel, was released into ICE custody for removal after completing his criminal sentence at the federal correctional institution in Allenwood, Pa., on Dec. 28. During his sentence, ICE put Grinberg into removal proceedings and an immigration judge ordered him removed last November.

In fiscal year 2006, ICE removed 190,349 illegal aliens including 87,888 with criminal convictions.

“Identifying and removing criminal aliens is one of the keys to protecting national security and promoting public safety in Pennsylvania and throughout the country,” said Thomas Decker, ICE Field Office Director in Philadelphia. “Last year, of the 3,572 illegal aliens removed through the Philadelphia field office, nearly 70% had criminal convictions.”

Grinberg was identified through an ICE Office of Detention and Removal's Criminal Alien Program (CAP). The program focuses on identifying criminal aliens who are incarcerated federal, state and local facilities and ensuring that they are not released into the community by securing a final order of removal before the termination of their sentence. Since June, ICE has processed more than 4,337 inmates in federal prisons eligible for removal.

Grinberg was escorted by ICE deportation officers and arrived in Tel Aviv at 5:30 a.m. (local) today where he was met by Israeli authorities.