A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew discovered an overcrowded boat loaded with approximately 240 migrants near the Turks and Caicos Islands in the Atlantic Ocean. CBP officials say the boat was taking on water and in danger of sinking prior to a rescue operation.
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump signed a pair of executive orders on Wednesday to bolster customs enforcement and bring more accountability to the federal workforce.
Four men have been charged after a Homeland Security Task Force investigation discovered a sophisticated cross-border tunnel used to smuggle narcotics from Tijuana, Mexico, to a retail establishment just south of San Diego, California. The four men were charged after the discovery of the tunnel and subsequent seizure of more than a ton of cocaine.
A suspected drug trafficker chose the busy Memorial Day weekend to attempt to traffic $1.1 million in cocaine across the Progreso International Bridge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working the holiday weekend shattered the suspect’s hopes when they discovered the illicit contraband hidden in the suspected cartel smuggler’s vehicle.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers discovered more than $1.2 million worth of cocaine in just two events at the Hidalgo and Pharr, Texas, international bridges. The events occurred within days of each other and highlight recent attempts by Mexican drug cartels to use land ports of entry as they struggle to operate under the tighter border security measures put in place by the Trump administration.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations officers (AMO) worked with the U.S. Border Patrol and ICE Homeland Security Investigations agents to interdict a maritime smuggling event off the western coast of Puerto Rico. The operation resulted in the apprehension of 64 illegal aliens attempting to make landfall on the island.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents launched a raid of several construction sites in central Florida last week, arresting 33 migrants working without authorization and warning companies that this is just the start of future raids.
The Senate parliamentarian late on Saturday night ruled that the Republican proposal to approve $1 billion for the White House ballroom fails to comply with the Senate’s rules; Senate Republicans said they have a fix coming.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced this week that April marked twelve consecutive months of zero releases of illegal aliens apprehended by Border Patrol at the southwest border with Mexico into the United States — a milestone officials say reflects the most secure border in American history under President Donald Trump. DHS reports a 94 percent drop in illegal border apprehensions compared to the Biden era, with daily crossings now lower than what agents encountered in a single hour at the height of the 2023 crisis.
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Michael Banks announced his resignation from the agency effective immediately. Banks’ abrupt departure is the latest of several high-ranking Department of Homeland Security (DHS) officials to leave the agency in recent months. Banks, appointed by President Trump upon his inauguration, was formerly the Border Czar for the State of Texas.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry recently found and seized more than 225 pounds of cocaine in a single smuggling event. The late-April seizure demonstrates the agency’s ability to focus on defeating cartel smuggling networks that continue to probe the heightened Trump border security posture for weaknesses.
Congress on Thursday passed legislation that would restore funding to key parts of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol, which ends a record 76-day shutdown of the department.
Roughly five dozen migrants were apprehended after U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials intercepted several smuggling boats off the coast of California.
A group of nearly 100 protesters gathered outside a warehouse to rage against U.S. Customs and Immigration Service (ICE) plans to convert the property into a processing and detention facility. The Party for Socialism and Liberation (PSL) organized the protest, attended by a crowd of mostly senior citizens, who chanted along with speakers as they held signs critical of ICE.
CBP officers arrested a 41‑year‑old woman traveling with three minors at the Nogales Port of Entry after finding an RPG launcher tube, rifles, and weapons parts concealed in a void beneath the back seat of her Lexus. Officials say the cache was discovered during outbound inspections aimed at stopping weapons from reaching criminal groups in Mexico.
Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “The Source,” Sen. Tina Smith (D-MN) said Customs and Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) were “illegal agencies.”
Tom Steyer, the now top polling Democrat for California governor, has unveiled his extremely radical, open-door, anti-ICE immigration platform as he continues his run for the state’s top office.
A police dog named “Pub” helped federal agents sniff out 2 massive cash seizures amounting to nearly $75,000 in undeclared cash in the first quarter of 2026.
New border chief Markwayne Mullin is threatening to shut down international flights in cities where local Democrats shield illegal migrants in so-called “Sanctuary Cities.”
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers interdicted a cartel shipment of 1,055 packages of methamphetamines hidden in a commercial shipment manifested by importers as a simple load of carrots. The smugglers, hoping to cash in on the street value of the narcotics, are now under criminal investigation by the Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
A complaint filed with the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General against CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott alleges the agency head utilized the agency’s internal affairs office to “consolidate power and attack colleagues he mistakenly perceives as his political enemies.” The complaint was addressed to DHS Inspector General Dr. Joseph Cuffari.
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).
