An eye-popping discovery was made in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when customs officers confiscated a shipment of dozens of swords and arrowheads that date back 4,000 years to the Bronze Age.
A U.S. military counter‑drone system brought down a Customs and Border Protection surveillance drone near Fort Hancock, Texas, after operators identified the aircraft as a potential threat inside military‑controlled airspace. Federal officials said the engagement occurred in a remote area
Mexican drug cartels are conducting drone operations along the U.S.–Mexico border at industrial scale, with federal agencies now confirming tens of thousands of unmanned flights used to track Border Patrol agents, coordinate smuggling, and probe American airspace. In a statement to Breitbart Texas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed that agents detected more than 42,000 unmanned drone flights near the border in FY25, calling the threat “rapidly evolving” as cartels expand their aerial surveillance capabilities.
A new bill proposed by Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) will add stronger protections to elite Border Patrol Tactical Groups deployed to enhance security at public events or assist with law enforcement responses to mass shootings or other mass casualty terror events. The Homeland Threat Response Act Gonzales proposes comes as hundreds of U.S. Department of Homeland Security personnel deploy in advance of Sunday’s Super Bowl.
Two Border Patrol agents involved in Saturday’s shooting of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis have been placed on administrative leave as required by the agency’s firearms regulations. According to a source within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the move is required under U.S. Customs and Border Protection policy, which provides agents with three days of administrative leave and requires the pair to contact the agency’s mental wellness Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Republicans have called for an investigation and hearings into federal agents’ tactics after the second fatal shooting in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The CBP Use of Force policy relies heavily on constitutional law, as interpreted by federal courts, that apply a standard that requires any use of force to be “objectively reasonable” at the time force is applied. That measure is determined by examining what the agent knew or perceived when he pulled the trigger, not by public opinion influenced by politicians, or by an arduous review of enhanced video or a frame-by-frame analysis hours or days later.
San Francisco Giants outfielder Jung Hoo Lee was briefly detained by immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday.
ICE agents swept across Maine with the help of local police departments, despite opposition by the Democrat governor.
A Mexican legislator is trying to downplay her detention by U.S. authorities and the seizure of approximately $45,000 USD that she allegedly tried to cross into California. The politician claimed it was an oversight and that she was working to resolve the matter with U.S. authorities.
President Donald Trump’s border crackdown delivered historic results in 2025, driving illegal crossings to levels unseen in decades. December ended with only 6,400 southwest apprehensions — and the full‑year total of 109,000 marks a dramatic reversal from the chaos inherited from former-President Joe Biden’s border crisis.
Customs and Border Protection forces have left Chicago, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is still taking criminal illegals off the streets of the Windy City.
President Trump celebrated falling crime rates in Chicago in the wake of his “Operation Midway Blitz” immigration campaign.
The actions of a Chicago woman who was briefly detained by Customs and Border Protection last week shows civilians interfering with agents.
Federal authorities charged two Alabama residents with trafficking hundreds of firearms after uncovering what officials are calling the largest weapons seizure at the Southwest border—more than 500 guns allegedly bound for a Mexican drug cartel, hidden in false-walled trailers intercepted at the Juarez-Lincoln Port of Entry in Laredo, Texas. Authorities allege the pair intended to smuggle the weapons into Mexico on behalf of a Mexican drug cartel.
Federal law enforcement authorities in Portland arrested four illegal aliens at a house where officials say a laser strike on two U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) helicopters emanated over the weekend. The search resulted in the arrest of four illegal aliens, including one believed to be responsible for the attacks and the seizure of the laser.
Two people were killed, and six others were injured in a shooting at the Lucky Eagle Casino in Eagle Pass, Texas, early Sunday morning. Among the dead was Marcus “Mark” Antley, a well-known resident and retired U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officer.
A man who was seen hurling a sandwich at a federal agent in Washington, DC, earlier this week has been identified as a now-former employee of the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
Border enforcement under the Trump administration resulted in historic record lows in the month of July, according to the latest data shared by the Trump White House as well as U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP).
The Trump administration is asking recently retired Border Patrol agents to “answer the call once more” and return to active service. The call from the administration followed several years of retirements as agents were frustrated with the Biden-era catch-and-release policies.
The Trump administration delivered on its promise to secure the U.S.-Mexico border and set new records for the lowest number of migrant encounters. The June Southwest Land Border Encounters Report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection shows yet another decrease in migrant encounters, including the lowest number of encounters in a single day — 128 on June 28.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials and the FBI teamed up to create a Homeland Security Task Force in Houston to combat the “emerging threats from transnational criminal organizations in Southeast Texas.” The announcement follows the arrest in June of nearly 1,400 criminal aliens in the Houston area.
A state-licensed California marijuana farm, site of fierce clashes this week between protesters and immigration officials, is now under investigation for possible violation of child labor laws.
President Donald Trump blasted Sens. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Alex Padilla (D-CA) on Wednesday over their bill, which would require Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to display legible identification and prohibit them from wearing face coverings.
Federal officials say they have taken two individuals into custody at house in Los Angeles tied to a suspected Iranian human smuggling operation connected to terrorism.
A man visiting the United States from Egypt pled guilty to federal charges of kicking and injuring a CBP agriculture detector dog.
Texas Department of Public Safety special agents seized approximately $2.4 million worth of methamphetamine after Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the load being smuggled into Texas from Mexico. Troopers arrested the driver for allegedly smuggling the drugs into the United States.
The Senate confirmed Rodney S. Scott to serve as President Donald Trump’s Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). On Wednesday, 51 Republican Senators voted Scott into the position. Not a single Democrat voted to support the former Chief of the Border Patrol to head up CBP.
In May 2024, the Biden administration admitted more than 62,000 migrants into the U.S. who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry. Under the Trump administration, one year later, that number fell to zero. At the same time, illegal border crossings fell by nearly 93 percent compared to the same period last year.
A bill addressing the “outdated” security policies and staffing shortages at the U.S.-Canada border has been introduced by House Republicans.
In the midst of the Los Angeles riots, Congressman Tony Gonzales (R-TX) proposes legislation to increase the criminal penalties associated with assaulting and interfering with the duties of law enforcement officers, including ICE agents or CBP officials. Gonzales announced the proposed legislation in a Sunday press release.
A flourishing industry of “origin washing” services has appeared on Chinese social media, offering to help export companies evade U.S. tariffs by pretending their products were shipped from other Asian countries like Vietnam and Thailand.
Rodney Scott testifies before the Senate Finance Committee in a confirmation hearing to become Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol on Wednesday, April 30.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations agents interdicted an attempted human smuggling incident off the coast of California, according to Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks. A video posted on X shows the agents ramming the alleged smuggler’s boat in an attempt to stop them.
The Trump administration is proposing a $998 fine per day for illegal migrants who refuse to self-deport.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) ordered migrants who received immigration parole under the Biden-era CBP One app to leave the United States “immediately.” Since its inception in January 2023, more than 936,000 migrants have been granted immigration parole under the app.
Google Cloud is at the center of a Customs and Border Protection plan to modernize video surveillance towers that involves deploying machine learning along the southern border, despite previous assurances from the woke Silicon Valley giant to its leftist employees that it was not involved in such projects.
Trump officials state that operational control of the U.S.-Mexico border is becoming a reality. The statement follows another month of declining apprehensions of illegal border crossers entering the U.S. from Mexico. The apprehensions fell by more than 1,1oo from February’s historic low.
The Trump administration awarded a contract for the construction of new border wall segments along the Texas-Mexico border. This is the first such award of the president’s second term.
An assistant professor at Brown University’s Medical School has been deported to Lebanon despite a judge blocking her immediate removal from the country.
