
The Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency is now offering a Spanish-language information service, in what the agency says is a “first step” toward providing Spanish-speakers a more effective means of communicating with agents responsible for protecting the nation’s borders.
by Caroline May29 Dec 2015, 1:56 PM PST0

The number of unaccompanied minors apprehended at the southern border during the first two months of this fiscal year is more than twice the number apprehended last year during the same timeframe, according to data reported by U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
by Caroline May14 Dec 2015, 10:00 AM PST0

On November 30, Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) released a report on government waste, showing that multiple federal agencies are monitoring toy guns for regulatory compliance, although only one of the agencies involved has enforcement powers.
by AWR Hawkins30 Nov 2015, 7:37 PM PST0

Sources tell The Daily News that passengers on American Airlines Flight 1671 arriving at JFK from Cancun, Mexico, last week simply walked out of the airport without ever having to present their passports or check in with Customs and Border Protection.
by Caroline May23 Nov 2015, 10:57 AM PST0

Hundreds of pro-Syrian refugee activists took to the streets of Austin, Texas, this weekend to protest Governor Greg Abbott’s order to refuse the resettlement of Syrian refugees into Texas. One week ago, the Texas governor ordered state agencies not to participate in any federal resettlement programs. He also urged the White House to stop its program of bringing un-vetted Syrian refugees into America. Abbott partnered with at least thirty other governors in refusing the refugees from Syria.
by Bob Price23 Nov 2015, 9:27 AM PST0

Armored Blackhawk helicopters have arrived at the Texas border with Mexico in response to the recent attack on a U.S. helicopter from Mexican soil. As Breitbart Texas first reported, a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopter was participating in stopping a well-organized drug trafficking effort that involved individuals on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. Shots were fired from the Mexican side on the CBP helicopter and it was forced down after sustaining damage.
by Brandon Darby13 Jun 2015, 11:55 AM PST0

Two members of the U.S. House Oversight and Government Reform Committee arrived in Laredo on Sunday for a briefing about a Customs and Border Protection helicopter that made an emergency landing after taking fire from the Mexican side of the border. They will be meeting on Sunday and Monday with officials from the Air Branch and Marine Branch Sector Headquarters.
by Bob Price7 Jun 2015, 1:04 PM PST0

Customs and Border Protection has a contingency plan in its 2016 budget request to spend up to $134.5 million “to provide the necessary support activities” in the event of a future influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant youths.
by Caroline May24 Apr 2015, 7:54 AM PST0

Breitbart Texas exclusively obtained leaked information on the Iraqi man who was apprehended while illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas on February 12, 2015.
by Brandon Darby7 Apr 2015, 2:01 PM PST0

Border Patrol Agents in the Rio Grande Valley Sector of the Texas/Mexico border captured a criminal illegal alien child molester who was attempting to cross back into the United States after being deported. The Guatemalan man was captured near Rio Grande City in Starr County. He was initially transported to the McAllen Border Patrol Station for processing where his prior criminal record was discovered.
by Bob Price2 Apr 2015, 6:26 AM PST0

Cheap, widely-available marijuana grown in the United States has caused demand for the drug to fall throughout the country, spurring Mexican drug cartels to increase their focus on the production and shipment of heroin and methamphetamine, federal drug seizure statistics indicate.
by Daniel Nussbaum12 Jan 2015, 12:09 PM PST0

MCALLEN, Texas — A person claiming to be a cartel member called 911 in the border city of La Joya, Texas stating that they had kidnapped a U.S. Border Patrol agent.
by Ildefonso Ortiz26 Dec 2014, 8:02 AM PST0

A disabled man from California has been sent to prison for using his wheelchair and special van to smuggle weapons and ammunition for the infamous Knights Templar cartel. A U.S. District judge in San Diego sentenced 53-year-old Sergio Garcia Rico
by Ildefonso Ortiz23 Dec 2014, 10:39 AM PST0

BROWNSVILLE, Texas — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer accused of taking money from Mexican drug traffickers and possibly stashing tens of thousands of dollars in Mexico will remain jailed until his trial date Next year. On Thursday
by Ildefonso Ortiz19 Dec 2014, 8:36 AM PST0