Texas Department of Public Safety troopers conducting safety inspections of commercial vehicles at ports of entry stopped nearly 1,000 trucks with “serious safety violations” from driving into the state. The increased inspections are being carried out under an order from Governor Greg Abbott as part of a response to the growing border crisis.
Federal officials seized parrots being smuggled across the border from Mexico into far West Texas. The five birds were packed in a shoe box.
Ukrainians fleeing the Russian invasion of their country are being allowed to seek asylum in the U.S. but Russians are being rejected.
Federal authorities stopped smugglers from illegally bringing undocumented packages of bologna into the United States. The incidents occurred in three separate border crossings in far West Texas and New Mexico.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials confirmed that a man believed to be a Mexican migrant died following the discharge of a Border Patrol agent’s weapon. The incident took place on February 19 in Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, northeast of Douglas.
The apprehension of migrants illegally crossing the border in January nearly doubled the previous year. Agents apprehended nearly 154,000 in the last month of President Joe Biden’s first year in office. In January 2021, President Donald Trump’s last month in
Department of Homeland Security officials are testing robotic dogs which may eventually be deployed to assist Border Patrol agents in drug and human smuggling interdiction. The agency is testing multiple models.
U.S Customs and Border Protection (CBP) authorities in Chicago seized 130 false vaccination cards bound for the Detroit area from Moldova.
Fox News witnessed the release of “a large number of single adult illegal immigrants” into Brownsville, Texas, Sunday morning. This classification of migrants is routinely removed to Mexico under the Title 42 Coronavirus protection protocols put in place by the CDC instituted in during the Trump administration.
The apprehension of migrants in December along the southwest border with Mexico jumped for the second straight month to 170,186, federal officials reported on Monday. This represents an increase of more than 139 percent over the same month in 2021.
Former CBP Commissioner Mark Morgan said the Biden administration does not subject migrants crossing the southern border to coronavirus testing or vaccine mandates.
Apprehensions of migrants by Border Patrol agents along the southwest border with Mexico jumped 140 percent in November over the previous year. Agents apprehended nearly 166,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border between ports of entry during November — more than the three previous Novembers combined.
Customs and Border Protection officers rescued a kidnapped teenage girl as her abductor attempted to take her across the U.S. border into Canada. The officers arrested the alleged kidnapper and turned him over to police in Vermont.
The number of migrants apprehended by Border Patrol agents remains at record levels as November apprehensions slightly exceeded last month’s totals. A source operating under the umbrella of U.S. Customs and Border Protection revealed information showing the apprehension of more than 160,000 migrants by Border Patrol agents in November.
Three former Google employees who were fired after protesting the company’s relationship with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) are suing the Masters of the Universe, claiming that the company broke its “don’t be evil” code of conduct.
A Guatemalan man was transported to a hospital after he was discovered hiding inside the landing gear compartment of a plane arriving in Florida, authorities said.
The Biden tam approved two virus vaccines develped by China to fulfill the inoculation requirement for U.S. entry by land.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a small migrant child who human smugglers abandoned after putting him on the international border crossing from Mexico. The smugglers moved the child across the international boundary mark on the Paso Del Norte border crossing and instructed him to walk north.
Migrant apprehensions in Mexico hit the highest number ever recorded in a single-month period in September.
Law enforcement officials in Vermont rescued three women who were padlocked inside an apartment. Officials believe the women were being held against their will in a human trafficking scheme.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew and U.S. Border Patrol agents teamed up to rescue a dehydrated migrant who became lost in the mountains of southern Arizona.
More than two million migrants illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States during Fiscal Year 2021. The crossings include 1.66 million apprehended by Border Patrol agents and an estimated 400,000 classified as “got aways.”
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shelled out $456,548 to a construction company in Delaware to install a fence around President Biden’s Delaware beach house, newly-released records show.
Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested two deported child sex offenders in separate incidents in the Laredo and Big Bend Sectors. Also, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men wanted for sex crimes against children at border crossing points.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to report just under 2 million migrant encounters nationwide for the recently ended Fiscal Year 2021. The number of migrants encountered by Border Patrol agents and CBP officers jumped 202 percent over the previous year’s roughly 647,000.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers interdicted a shipment of more than 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine at an international border crossing in South Texas. The attempted smuggling incident took place at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility.
Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) slammed the Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) for refusing to disclose how many illegal immigrants they released into the interior without a Notice to Appear (NTA), Breitbart News has learned exclusively.
The U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector Horse Patrol Unit rescued a migrant who became lost on a ranch approximately 50 miles from the Texas border with Mexico. The agents utilized their horses to search for the migrant and then provided first aid before transporting him.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced September 30 that officers seized upwards of $6.5 million in counterfeit currency from Russia at the Philadelphia International Airport.
Vice President Kamala Harris has been noticeably absent from the public eye — a move analysts say could be helping her poll numbers.
Democrats are undermining the Border Patrol’s morale with disingenuous and fraudulent narratives of “racism” relating to border security, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.
A group of 14 Mexican soldiers riding in two vehicles crossed into Texas at an international port of entry. The incursion led to officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection taking their weapons and temporarily placing them in handcuffs. One of the soldiers had a small amount of marijuana.
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said Border Patrol agents estimateda one-to-one ratio of apprehensions to got-aways among border-crossing migrants.
An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested for carrying a firearm at the “Justice for J6” rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday, according to reports.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced the closure of both international bridges in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday evening. The closures come as the migrant camp crisis under one of the bridges continues to worsen.
The latest border apprehension numbers show a huge rise in migrants from distant countries, including Colombia, India, and Turkey, seeking to enter the U.S.
Texas Department of Public Safety officials reported via Twitter early Thursday morning that someone from U.S. Customs and Border Protection contacted them to request assistance in shutting down “ports” of entry in the Del Rio area. DPS claims CBP later reversed or denied ever making the request.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials requested help from Texas officials to stem the growing humanitarian crisis in Del Rio where more than 9,000 migrants are detained under a bridge. Texas Governor Greg Abbott responded by sending additional DPS troopers and National Guard units to “shut down six ports of entry” and “stop the caravans from overrunning our state.”
Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 200,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico during the month of August. This represents an increase of more 312 percent increase over the same month in 2020.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are reportedly investigating claims by young female Afghan refugees that they were raped and forced to marry much older men in order to escape from the Taliban.
