Analysis
What the administration claimed
USCIS screening identified a Latvian national and former reality TV contestant, Roberts Nemiro, with a criminal history including convictions and arrests for violent and drug-related offenses; USCIS referred the case and ICE arrested him in San Francisco.
Claimant: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Office of Public Affairs (USCIS)
Agency or office: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
Context
USCIS newsroom press release announcing that USCIS screening and referral led to ICE arrest; published on the USCIS website.
Evidence
The claim appears in an official USCIS press release dated 2026-08-06 stating that USCIS screening discovered and referred the case of Roberts Nemiro, a Latvian national and former reality TV contestant, and that ICE arrested him. The release lists convictions and arrests attributed to Nemiro and notes he is in removal proceedings. The press release itself is the primary source for this factual assertion.