A woman flying into Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport from Vietnam was caught carrying raw animal brains and other animal body parts in her luggage.
An “immigration officer” was reportedly injured during an attempted arrest. The incident follows a protest in Texas’ capital city over other detention arrests made by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. It also follows a contentious dispute between Travis County and the State of Texas over sanctuary city issues.
Preliminary numbers from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reveal a decrease in border apprehensions during the month of President Donald Trump’s Inauguration.
Cartel smugglers dressed up two tons of marijuana as key limes in an attempt to sneak them into the U.S. from Mexico.
Federal law enforcement officers in Laredo, Texas, seized nearly $6 million in cocaine during a smuggling attempt from Mexico.
In addition to massive security constraints, Super Bowl attendees will also have to face possible disruption of their arrival plans by Black Lives Matter protesters.
The body of a migrant was found floating in the Rio Grande River in an apparent failed border crossing.
A record bust by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents seized $2 million in crystal methamphetamine at the Texas-Mexico border.
20 known smuggling tunnels along the U.S.-Mexico border have not been filled on the Mexican side, and now at least six have been reactivated by opportunistic smugglers who have adjusted tunnel paths.
A U.S. citizen was stopped from entering Mexico this week when U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers learned he was wanted for an alleged gang-related homicide in central California.
An arrest by the FBI Border Corruption Task Force has led to a married couple pleading guilty to smuggling illegal immigrants. The wife admitted to bribing a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) official with cash and sex to facilitate the trafficking. The CBP officer has also been arrested.
Federal authorities seized nearly $7 million in crystal methamphetamine at two international border bridges in south Texas in one week.
The small number of bribery and corruption cases by employees at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) could have a wider ranging impact on border security and immigration enforcement. The department’s 250,000 employees and vast law enforcement activities are about to be turned over to a new DHS Secretary who will have to address the emerging issue of official corruption.
Open-borders, pro-amnesty advocates have been waging a war on the legitimacy of the Border Patrol for years, but responses to government document requests on charge and conviction rates among agents show actual corruption levels do not match the critical rhetoric.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has finalized a measure that asks foreign travelers to provide their social media accounts upon entering the country.
Nearly 150 U.S. Border Patrol agents have been assaulted during the first two months of the new fiscal year which began October 1. The number represents an increase of more than 230 percent over the same period in FY 2016.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers stopped nearly $40,000 in cash from being smuggled into Mexico, likely into the hands of a Mexican drug cartel.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials reported a 230 percent increase in the numbers of Family Unit Aliens (FMUA) apprehended along the southwest border with Mexico.
Total apprehension of illegal aliens along our country’s southwestern border increased for the fifth consecutive month, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials reported. It was the tenth month that reported increases over the previous month in the past year.
Federal agents and officers seized nearly $600,000 worth of cocaine and marijuana in three separate busts in southern Arizona over the past week.
Border Patrol officials and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) dignitaries were on hand for the opening of Texas’ second temporary holding facility.
Border Patrol agents working an inland checkpoint in southern California busted a Mexican national after finding 25 pounds of methamphetamine hidden in his car.
Federal officers seized nearly $1.9 million in methamphetamine and marijuana at the Mexican border with Arizona.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials announced the opening of an additional holding facility in south Texas to deal with the massive surge of illegal immigrants continuing to flood across the Mexican border.
McALLEN, Texas — Days after a Texas State Trooper and a U.S. Border Patrol agent were struck by gunfire from Mexico near the Rio Grande, federal agents claim that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is trying to downplay the latest case of cross-border violence.
GRANJENO, Texas — Breitbart Texas encountered a total of 43 illegal immigrants in various groups in less than two hours as they were walking two miles north of the Rio Grande. The migrants, primarily from El Salvador, were looking for U.S. Border Patrol agents to pick them up.
A report issued by the Center for Immigration Studies revealed a massive surge in the numbers of illegal border crossings and apprehensions in the months leading up to the November 8 Presidential Election.
Almost all of the marijuana and the methamphetamine that are seized in the U.S. are coming from Mexico, according to a new report.
Border Patrol officials in far west Texas announced the opening of an illegal immigrant processing center in response to the flood of crossings and apprehensions. The move comes as officials with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shut down an aerial surveillance program intended to interdict and deter such behavior.
U.S. Border Patrol agents busted an accused murderer, a child rapist, and a human smuggler in southern Arizona.
Four illegal immigrants crossed the U.S./Mexico border while a local news camera captured the incident.
McALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities seized more than 5,900 rounds of ammunition that were destined for a drug cartel in Mexico as criminal organizations continue to stockpile weapons.
More than $1 million worth of methamphetamine and cocaine were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the border between Arizona and Mexico during a one week period. The drug seizures came in seven separate incidents in the Tucson Sector.
The U.S. Border Patrol will deploy additional agents to the Rio Grande Valley Sector in South Texas in response to the surge of illegal immigrants crossing the border.
The apprehension of Family Unit Aliens (FMUA) and Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) saw dramatic increases despite substantial existing records. The total apprehensions of illegal immigrants rushing into the U.S. ahead of the 2016 General Election also jumped nearly 17 percent over the prior month.
A previously deported illegal alien accused of a hit-and-run accident that left a renowned, pediatric cancer doctor dead is in a Phoenix jail after surrendering at the U.S. border. The man returned from Mexico after allegedly fleeing the scene on foot in 2015.
The upcoming presidential election is having an effect on the recent spike of illegal immigrants that have been arriving to this border city requesting refugee or asylum status, the mayor of this city said.
Federal customs officers seized over 780 pounds of marijuana at an international bridge between Texas and Mexico.
Despite claims made by elected officials and federal authorities in Washington about a secure border, human smugglers continue to move thousands of illegal immigrants into Texas with minimal difficulties.
Illegal immigrants, mostly from Central America, are flooding across Texas’ southern border ahead of the 2016 General Election. Border Patrol agents are seeing numbers of illegal immigrants at or above the historic 2014 levels.
