MARFA, Texas – Officials with Customs and Border Protection (CBP) say that last weekend was busy for Big Bend Sector Border Patrol agents who stopped several human smuggling attempts among other events. According to a news release from CBP officials Monday, Big Bend Sector agents took more than 120 individuals involved in human smuggling schemes […]Read More
In a little over six hours U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers working at the Ysleta port of entry had three big busts, resulting in the seizure of methamphetamine, heroin, and ammunition. According to CBP officials, the first seizure happened July 15 at approximately 5:30 p.m. when a male 18-year-old United States citizen arrived from […]Read More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations Agriculture Specialists working at the El Paso area port of entry seized 49 rolls of Mexican bologna and an additional nine rolls of Mexican pork/poultry cold cuts in two different seizures last week. The meats are prohibited for personal importation because they are made from pork […]Read More
With the large surge of Central American families and unaccompanied children arriving in El Paso in the last year, officials with the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol have exceeded their capacity on numerous occasions. In order to respond to the large number of families and unaccompanied children crossing illegally along the U.S./Mexico Border between Texas […]Read More
President Donald Trump’s administration said Monday it will begin returning more migrants to Mexico after they apply for asylum in the U.S. and ordered Customs and Border Protection officials to speed up the redeployment of agents to help the Border Patrol process a growing surge of migrants arriving at the border. Last week, Customs and […]Read More
During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Wednesday, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) delivered remarks on Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) response to human trafficking and illegal immigration across the U.S.-Mexico border. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found above. “We know that CBP is facing unprecedented challenges today, and […]Read More
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