U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel are increasingly catching people attempting to smuggle raw eggs across the U.S. southern border at a time when poultry products are in high demand and prices are rising. CBP officials told the Border Report that seizures of raw eggs increased by 108 percent between Oct. 1 and Dec. […]
Tennessee’s two Republican senators and Gov. Bill Lee are demanding a response from Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on its plans to transport illegal immigrants from New Orleans to the state in a letter sent on Tuesday. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) posted her frustration with the agency’s lack of transparency, stating “ICE can respond to media requests […]
Immigration Court judges have thrown out over 63,000 deportation cases as of the end of September because Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials aren’t filing the required paperwork on time, according to new data. A data research organization at Syracuse University that tracks immigration court dockets reported on Oct. 17 that one out of every six cases […]
Authorities arrested two armed U.S. citizens and dozens of illegal immigrants during a traffic stop on Sept. 25 in what is suspected to be a human smuggling case, according to officials. In a Sept. 29 press release, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said agents in the Tucson sector, assisted by the Santa Cruz […]
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer was sentenced to two years of probation in Seattle on Sept. 16 for helping to arrange a sham marriage for a friend so he could obtain U.S. citizenship, according to officials. Katherine De Leon Evaristo, a 39-year-old Burien resident, agreed to a fake marriage with an acquaintance […]
US Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry in Texas said they have seized a shipment of methamphetamine valued at $11.9 million, making it the largest ever seizure of the drug at the port. The drugs were found within a tractor trailer, the CBP said in a press statement on […]
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Ohio seized three shipments of counterfeit watches and jewelry worth an estimated street value of nearly $7 million, officials said. The officers intercepted the shipments from Hong Kong in Cincinnati, CBP said in a news release earlier this month. They contained more than 800 knock-off Cartier bracelets and […]
US Customs and Border Protection officers in Texas have seized nearly 90 pounds of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $690,000, the agency said. Border Patrol officers and Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized 32 packages containing nearly 90 pounds of alleged cocaine, CBP said in a news release on […]
More than 234,000 people entering the United States illegally were apprehended in April, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data released Tuesday show, the most in U.S. history. Federal agents apprehended 234,088 people last month entering the U.S. illegally, the greatest number in a single month in recorded U.S. history. While CBP wasn’t formed until […]
Texas is transporting illegal immigrants to the nation’s capital without properly communicating with the federal government, the head of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on April 14. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “is taking actions to move migrants without adequately coordinating with the federal government and local border communities,” Chris Magnus, CBP’s commissioner, […]
