US Removes Turkish National Guilty of Violating Export Controls

Arif Ugur, a Turkish national who was debarred by the State Department in June (see 2306140028) after pleading guilty last year to violating the Arms Export Control Act (see 2212150082), was deported from the U.S. last week, ICE announced. The U.S. said Ugur illegally exported defense technical data to manufacturers in Turkey to make military parts that he then supplied to the Defense Department.

ICE said an immigration judge in 2022 ordered Ugur's deportation from the U.S., and the agency “encountered” him in March 2023 “during a routine Criminal Apprehension Program operation.” His deportation “is a clear message that the U.S. will not tolerate those who take advantage of U.S. immigration regulations in order to illegally profit from the U.S.’ generosity,” said Cammilla Wamsley, Philadelphia field office director for ICE’s Enforcement and Removal Operations.