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Jayapal: ICE, CBP ‘Don’t Need to Exist’

On Thursday’s “Democracy Now!,” Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) stated that ICE and CBP are “out-of-control agencies. They don’t need to exist.” Host Amy Goodman asked, “We have 30 seconds. You’ve said ICE and CBP must be fully dismantled. Are you

CBP ICE - WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 12: Representative Pramila Jayapal, a Democrat from Wa

DHS Secretary Kristi Noem Rides ‘With’ Border Patrol Agents, Not ‘Over’ Them

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem completed her first trip to the southwest border as the leader of the department on Sunday. Noem visited the Del Rio, Texas Port of Entry where she sat for a news interview before joining the Border Patrol agents for a border tour on horseback through an area that once say more than 30,000 mostly Haitian migrants camped out under the same Port of Entry in 2021.

DHC Secretary Kristi Noem rides the border with Del Rio Sector Agents (Department of Homel

Trump Taps Former Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott to Head Customs and Border Protection

President-Elect Donald Trump announced on Thursday that former Chief of the United States Border Patrol, Rodney S. Scott, will be his nominee for the post of Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner. In a post on the incoming president’s social media platform Truth Social, Trump cited Scott’s vast experience in immigration policy and his previous service as the agency head for the United States Border Patrol under the prior Trump administration.

President Donald Trump and Border Patrol Chief Rodney Scott. (FILE: SAUL LOEB/AFP via Gett

Cartel Smugglers Lose $1.5M in Seized Fentanyl, Cocaine in El Paso in Single Week

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at the El Paso area ports of entry managed to keep 11.2 pounds of fentanyl and 113 pounds of cocaine from hitting the United States illicit drug market in just one week’s worth of seizures. The seizures involved several cases during the week preceding the Cinco de Mayo holiday. In all, the street value of the narcotics is estimated at $1.5 million.

CBP Drug Seizures in El Paso (CBP Photos)