The Subcommittee on National Security, the Border, and Foreign Affairs holds a hearing at 10 a.m. ET on March 8 on additional resources to disrupt transnational crime, titled “Force Multipliers: Examining the Need for Additional Resources to Disrupt Transnational Crime at the Border and Beyond.” Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Deputy Executive […]
A dolphin skull was discovered at Detroit Metropolitan Airport in late January. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists uncovered the skull during inspections of unaccompanied international baggage the previous week, according to a Feb. 3 news release. The luggage had been separated from its owner while in transit, and upon entering the United […]
Gone are the days when most illegal border crossers are easy-to-return single, male Mexicans looking for work. Almost three-quarters of the nearly 200,000 people apprehended along the southern border in July were foreign nationals from countries other than Mexico, according to Customs and Border Protection (CBP) data. Of the 200,000 illegal aliens encountered, 99,000 were […]
More than 2 million people have been encountered/apprehended at the U.S. southern border in fiscal 2022 through June, according to official data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). It’s the greatest number recorded in a fiscal year in U.S. history. They total 2,002,604 from over 150 countries. In June, a record 207,416 people […]
U.S. Congressman Jack Bergman from Wisconsin just visited Texas. After witnessing the situation first hand he said the lack of surveillance equipment and fiber optic cables has taken the advantage away from border patrol and given it to cartels. He’s calling on D.C. leadership, including the executive branch to come take a look first hand. […]
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported a 1,066 percent increase in fentanyl seized in south Texas ports during fiscal year 2021. Border agents at eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio said that between Oct. 1, 2020, and Sept. 30, 2021, they seized 87,652 pounds of narcotics that would have commanded a combined […]
WASHINGTON—The United States on Friday closed lanes at select ports of entry at the border with Mexico and will conduct more secondary checks to limit non-essential travel and the spread of coronavirus, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official said. Non-essential travel has been restricted at the border since March, but U.S. citizens and […]
