Crisis

EDINBURG, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents interdicted three migrant smuggling events that resulted in 34 arrests. On Dec. 22, Weslaco Border Patrol Station agents received information …

DEL RIO, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector’s Del Rio Station discovered five unaccompanied migrant children, Dec. 22. Around 8 a.m., Border Patrol agents encountered …

BLAINE, Wash. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) expanded the use of biometric facial comparison technology Dec. 15 to the border crossings at the ports of Laurier, Metaline Falls, Ferry, Boundary, …

OCOTILLO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents from El Centro Sector rescued an undocumented individual in the Jacumba Wilderness region near Ocotillo Tuesday evening. At approximately 7:15 p.m., local dispatch …

INDIO, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested two United States citizens accused of smuggling illegal narcotics early Monday morning.  At approximately 12:00 a.m., El Centro Sector agents …

Low wind power generation is largely to blame for Europe’s ongoing energy crisis and scramble to import more fossil fuels, according to a Reuters report. Wind farms across Europe produced …

WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced a pilot program in select cities where ICE law enforcement officers will begin to wear body worn cameras for pre-planned …

WASHINGTON – Investigative efforts by Brazilian authorities and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) resulted in the arrest of four individuals involved in online threats, hate …

A migrant from Mexico died following a fall from the border wall in Sunland Park, New Mexico, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said in a press release Monday. The fall happened on …

Thomas Homan, acting Director of the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency reminds Democrats that, despite the claims of Rep. Nanette Barragan, ICE isn’t anti-immigrant for enforcing Congressionally-enacted immigration laws.

LAREDO, Texas – Over a 24-hour period, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents intercepted three human smuggling attempts which resulted in the apprehension of over 70 undocumented individuals along with recovering a …

WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) today announced an extension of the flexibilities in rules related to Form I-9 compliance that was initially granted last year. Due to …

NEW ORLEANS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) New Orleans seized 59,425 counterfeit items valued at more than $1 million during a holiday-related intellectual property …

HOUSTON — A federal grand jury in Houston has returned a superseding indictment against four additional individuals for fraudulently obtaining and laundering millions of dollars in forgivable Paycheck Protection Program …

LAREDO, Texas – A North Texas man was sentenced Wednesday to more than five years in prison for attempting to export firearms, firearm magazines and thousands of rounds of ammunition …

HOUSTON – Three more individuals have been indicted and additional charges have been filed in a human trafficking conspiracy involving young runaway girls on the “Bissonnet Track” in southwest Houston. …

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported Friday that agents encountered 173,620 migrants at the southern border in November. The number is a 5% increase from October’s encounters. Over 50% of …

SAN DIEGO, Calif. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are reminding the public that ponche ingredients, guavas, hawthorn apples, and sugarcane are prohibited from entering the United States.Ponche, a …

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Port of Nogales officers arrested a Mexican national this week in connection to a record seizure of methamphetamine …

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Rio Grande Valley Border Patrol (RGV) agents seize over 200 pounds of marijuana in Brownsville from three events. One of the seizures was the result of a …

SALTON CITY, Calif. – El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents seized narcotics with a combined estimated street value of close to $12,000 from three United States citizens attempting to smuggle …

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), in partnership with Carnival Cruise Line, expanded the use of facial biometrics into the debarkation process at the Port of New …

ALPINE, Texas–Big Bend Border Patrol agents arrest five subjects from a failed smuggling event at the Highway 118 Border Patrol Checkpoint. On Wednesday morning, Dec. 15, Border Patrol agents assigned to the Alpine …

LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge seized methamphetamine that totaled over $1,200,000 in street value in two separate, unrelated …