SUZANNE DOWNING: The Homeless Crisis Is Destroying The Once-Great Cities Of The West Coast
SUZANNE DOWNING: The Homeless Crisis Is Destroying The Once-Great Cities Of The West Coast Suzanne Downing on July 9, 2023 In 2019, the Seattle news …
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Man Arrested After Armed Standoff Amid Mental Health Crisis
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – On Wednesday, Atlantic City Police Department officers arrested a man who reportedly held a woman hostage at gunpoint during a mental …
Woman and child dead after they were recovered unresponsive in the Rio Grande near Eagle Pass
On July 1, 2023, at approximately 4:35 p.m., a Border Patrol agent assigned to the U.S. Border Patrol Eagle Pass Station was patrolling the riverbank of …
One-Third Of Blue City’s Residents Consider Fleeing Amid Crime, Homelessness Crisis
One-Third Of Blue City’s Residents Consider Fleeing Amid Crime, Homelessness Crisis Mia Hernandez on July 7, 2023 Many Seattle residents are considering leaving the state …
CBP Nabs 149 Prohibited Botox Vials in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico– US Customs and Border Protection officers and import specialists found consignment packages containing prohibited Botox vials, which were seized after an inspection …
Philadelphia CBP Calls a Fowl on Unpermitted Wildlife Products
PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized two unique shipments from the United Kingdom that ran a-fowl of U.S. wildlife and import laws …
CBP Seizes $3M in Counterfeit Watches
DALLAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport seized five counterfeit Richard Mille watches originating from Hong Kong. Officers …
Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol hoist rescue two U.S. Citizens near Arivaca, Arizona
TUCSON, Ariz. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and U.S. Border Patrol rescued two U.S. citizens suffering from heat stress near …
CBP Announces Temporary Expansion of Hours at two Land Border Ports of Entry in Montana
GREAT FALLS, Mont. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that it will begin a 120-day temporary expansion of hours at two land …
Customs and Border Protection welcomes Chief Patrol Agent Patricia McGurk-Daniel to the U.S. Border Patrol’s San Diego Sector
SAN DIEGO — U.S. Customs and Border Protection is pleased to announce the selection of Patricia McGurk-Daniel as the Chief Patrol Agent in charge of the …
Dulles CBP Officers Seize 70 Pounds of a Dangerous, Newer Cathinone Analogue Destined to D.C.
STERLING, Va. – Clandestine labs across the globe are cooking cathinone concoctions quickly in the hopes of slipping these new substances past law enforcement before …
Laredo Sector Border Patrol intercepted a human smuggling attempt using hay bales
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt utilizing a trailer pulling hay bales in …
Del Rio Sector agents arrest convicted child sex offender
DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested a convicted child sex offender, shortly after he illegally entered the …
CBP Moves Forward on RGV Barrier and Yuma Andrade and El Centro Calexico Fence Replacement Projects to Mitigate Immediate Life, Safety and Operational Risks
WASHINGTON — Today, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) authorized U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to move forward with the planning and execution of up to …
CBP One Appointments Increased to 1,450 Per Day
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection today announced the expansion of available appointments for noncitizens through the CBP One™ app to 1,450 per day, …
Philadelphia CBP Officers Intercept Gallon of Codeine Syrup
PHILADELPHIA – There’s less sizzurp on the streets of Philadelphia after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers recently seized a gallon of codeine syrup shipped …
Fed paper: Financial conditions tightest since crisis over a decade ago
By Michael S. Derby (Reuters) – The financial sector is taking the biggest bite out of U.S. economic activity since the nation was mired in …
Dulles CBP Officers Seize Nearly $130k in Unreported Currency from Four Groups of Outbound Travelers
STERLING, Va. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized nearly $130,000 in unreported currency from four groups of departing international travelers recently at Washington …
Migrant child dies after he’s located in medical distress near Mesa, Arizona
On June 15, 2023, at approximately 9:40 p.m., the Santa Cruz Sheriff’s Office patched over a 911 distress call to US Border Patrol Tucson Sector. …
El Puerto de Entrada de Laredo prepara e implementa medidas de facilitación considerando el aumento del tráfico de vacaciones
LAREDO, Texas — Con el dia festivo de Cuatro de Julio esta próxima semana, la Oficina de Operaciones Aduaneras (OFO) de la Oficina de Aduanas …
CBP officers seize nearly 900,000 fentanyl pills in one event
OTAY MESA, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Otay Mesa port of entry’s cargo facility intercepted a narcotics smuggling attempt of …
Giving life, hope, and faith a chance – One Marine’s CBP Success Story
U.S. Marine Corps veteran Yolanda Lazo puts great weight in her faith and her dreams. Currently serving as an executive assistant with U.S. Customs and …
Navy Making Recruiters Work 6-Day Weeks As Recruiting Crisis Deepens
Navy Making Recruiters Work 6-Day Weeks As Recruiting Crisis Deepens Ailan Evans on June 29, 2023 The Navy’s head of recruiting has ordered the service’s …
Energy crisis and inflation push more German firms into insolvency – study
(Reuters) – The number of German firms pushed into insolvency rose in the first half of this year at the fastest pace in more than …
As Fentanyl Crisis Wreaks Havoc On Blue City, Mayor Fights For More Food Trucks
As Fentanyl Crisis Wreaks Havoc On Blue City, Mayor Fights For More Food Trucks Laurel Duggan on June 28, 2023 As downtown Seattle struggles with …
Agenda Announced for CBP’s Inaugural Green Trade Innovation and Incentives Forum
WASHINGTON— U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced the agenda and speakers for the inaugural Green Trade Innovation and Incentives Forum being held July 11 at …
Two stash houses shut down at Laredo Sector
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to Laredo South station shut down two stash houses in Laredo, Texas. On two separate events that …
Age of crisis leaves world’s big currencies out of sync
By Alun John and Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – Big global currencies are rarely on different paths. Yet Japan’s yen and China’s yuan are slumping …
Laredo Sector Border Patrol intercepted a human smuggling attempt utilizing a portable barn
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Hebbronville Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt utilizing a portable barn in Hebbronville, Texas. …
Roberto Vaquero Takes Command as Director of CBP San Juan Field Operations
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico— With the backdrop of the historic Castillo San Cristobal in Old San Juan, Roberto Vaquero assumed Command of the San Juan …
CBP Officers Prevent Live Parrots from Being Smuggled into US
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers assigned to the San Ysidro port of entry, seized thirteen live yellow-headed parrots concealed in duffel …
CBP officers apprehend fugitive wanted for homicide at Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended Luis Angel Castillo Francisco, a male Mexican citizen …
U.S. Candidate Ian Saunders Elected Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
WASHINGTON – Ian Saunders, the United States’ candidate and currently Deputy Assistant Secretary at the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration, was elected to …
CBP continues to set global standard in fight against forced labor one year of Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act implementation
WASHINGTON—CBP continues to lead U.S. government efforts to eliminate goods from the supply chain made with forced labor from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of …
Statement from CBP Senior Official Performing the Duties of Commissioner Troy A. Miller on Leading with Integrity and Modeling Ethical Behavior
WASHINGTON – Today, CBP Senior Official Performing the Duties of Commissioner Troy A. Miller released the following statement on the CBP Integrity Strategy and appointment …
CBP Introduces Customs Broker Education Requirements
WASHINGTON — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced a new continuing education requirement for customs brokers, which will enhance compliant trade and protect against …
CBP Senior Official Performing Duties of Commissioner addresses trade advisory committee public meeting
WASHINGTON — The Commercial Customs Operations Advisory Committee (COAC) held its quarterly public meeting June 14 and unanimously passed 24 recommendations to U.S. Customs and …
Laredo CBP officers apprehend fugitive sought for sexual abuse
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry, detained one male wanted for sexual assault of a child …
Homicide Suspect Apprehended at Otay Mesa Port of Entry
OTAY MESA, Calif. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry apprehended a male subject with an outstanding warrant …
CBP officers apprehend fugitive wanted for dog attack involving death at Hidalgo International Bridge
HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge apprehended a male lawful permanent U.S. resident from Rockport, …
CBP Officers Seize Colored Fentanyl Pills Worth $2 million.
SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the San Ysidro port of entry, discovered an assortment of vibrantly colored fentanyl …
CBP releases body-worn camera footage from agent-involved shooting on Tohono O’odham Nation
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection today released body-worn camera footage from a deadly use of force incident that occurred on May 18, 2023, near …
Laredo Sector Border Patrol halted a human smuggling attempt at FM 1017 Checkpoint
LAREDO, Texas – Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents from the Hebbronville Station halted a human smuggling attempt involving a horse trailer at FM 1017 Border …
CBP officers seize 146 pounds of cocaine hidden in ice cream maker
EL PASO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Bridge of the Americas cargo facility intercepted 146 pounds of cocaine. The …
No breakthrough as EU’s Borrell holds crisis talks with Kosovo, Serbia leaders
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposed steps to end weeks of violence in predominantly Serb areas of northern Kosovo to the …
Daniel Mercado named new Presidio Port Director
PRESIDIO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Presidio Port Director Daniel Mercado was formally sworn into office this morning at a CBP change of …
CBP Senior Official’s Statement of Support for Ian Saunders, U.S. Candidate for Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
WASHINGTON— U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Senior Official Performing Duties of Commissioner Troy A. Miller issued the following statement today in support of Ian Saunders, …
CBP Senior Leaders’ Joint Statement of Support for Ian Saunders, U.S. Candidate for Secretary General of the World Customs Organization
WASHINGTON – Today, senior leadership of U.S. Customs and Border Protection issued the following joint statement reiterating their support for Ian Saunders as the U.S. …
Minnesota CBP Stops Passenger Carrying 83 pounds of Unapproved Meat
MINNEAPOLIS– At Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, last week a passenger arriving from South Africa was referred to Agriculture Secondary Inspection where U.S. Customs and Border …
Border Patrol agents intercepted a human smuggling attempt at Laredo Sector
LAREDO, Texas –Border Patrol agents assigned to Laredo South Station intercepted a human smuggling attempt in Laredo, Texas. The incident occurred on June 20 when …