Customs, Border and Immigration News
Breaking news, updates and stories from the Border Patrol and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement.
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California Ruling Forces ICE to Release Criminal Aliens from Detention in Adelanto
WASHINGTON — Due to an order from the Central District of California, and despite requests to transfer detainees to alternative…
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Detroit Area Border Protection Sees 1700% increase in Drug Seizures, 200%+ Increase in Firearms in 2020
Detroit Field Office FY2020 Enforcement Stats DETROIT — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) personnel operating at the multiple ports…
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Border Patrol Arrests Nearly 300 Illegal Immigrants After Searching Stash Houses, Stopping Smuggling Attempts
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials and local law enforcement in Texas arrested 294 suspected illegal immigrants within 18 hours,…
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‘This Narrative Has Been Dispelled’: DHS Responds To Claims That Parents Of Separated Migrant Children Haven’t Been Found
Deported parents of migrant children who remain in the U.S. don’t want to be reunified with their children, the Department…
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Illegal Aliens ‘Anywhere in the United States” Subject to Expedited Removal
WASHINGTON—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement can now expedite the removal of certain aliens thanks to a recent order issued by…
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CBP Officers Intercept More Than $6.9 Million in Cocaine Over the Weekend at the Laredo Port of Entry
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers facilitating lawful trade encountered tractor trailers with a combined estimated…
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15 Foreign Students Arrested for Immigration Fraud
WASHINGTON – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Wednesday preliminary results from Operation OPTical Illusion, a law enforcement operation…
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‘Yes, They Will Be Deported’: Illegal Aliens With Criminal Records Barred From Asylum
A rule restricting criminal aliens from gaining asylum in the U.S. under new regulations was announced by the Department of…
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New York’s sanctuary city policy leads to increased ICE activity, dozens of arrests throughout metropolitan area
NEW YORK—U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Enforcement Removal Operations (ERO) officers completed an immigration enforcement activity, which resulted in…
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Laredo Port of Entry CBP Officers Intercept Liquid Methamphetamine Worth Over $1.4 Million
LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a significant amount of…
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Mexican National Pleads Guilty To Selling Illegal H-2B Work Visas
A Mexican national pleaded guilty to conspiring to encourage illegal immigration for financial gain by selling illegally obtained U.S. temporary…
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$479K in Methamphetamine Seized at Los Indios International Bridge
BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Los Indios International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged…
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DHS, ICE Arrest more than 170 Illegal Aliens in Sanctuary Areas
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced Thursday the conclusion of…
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Nearly 300 Illegal Aliens Apprehended in Eighteen Hours
LAREDO, TEXAS – Within eighteen hours, U.S. Border Patrol agents worked collaboratively with other law enforcement agencies shutting down stash houses…
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Law Enforcement Coalition Arrests More than 50 Illegal Aliens, Shuts Down Three Stash Houses in Rio Grande Valley
EDINBURG, Texas – Yesterday, U.S. Border Patrol agents working in collaboration with local and federal agencies disrupted three stash houses,…
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