NEW ORLEANS, July 10 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued the following news release:

WASHINGTON - The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released the following statement commending the heroism of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officer who rendered assistance to a teenager who was unresponsive on the side of the road in Texas.

On July 2, ICE law enforcement officer Javier Moralez from the Harlingen-Corpus Christi Sub-Office was driving on Interstate 37 when he noticed two vehicles stopped and an individual lying facedown in a roadside ditch. Officer Moralez pulled over and immediately rendered lifesaving medical care to the victim, ensuring that emergency services were notified and instruct...