News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations would like to announce dates for an upcoming Global Entry enrollment event to be held by CBP at the Billings-Logan International Airport.

Border Patrol agents trained their Mexican counterparts last month as part of their joint efforts to save more lives at the border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) announces changes to inbound and outbound lane traffic due to construction at the Del Rio Port of Entry.

An Italian family’s baggage didn’t pass the sniff test.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Detroit Sector arrested a citizen of Honduras on suspicion of alien smuggling on Monday afternoon.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport discovered something fishy during inspections of unaccompanied international baggage last week.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry recently seized hard narcotics that totaled over $1,900,000 in street value.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers seized hard narcotics that totaled over $495,000 in street value in two separate, unrelated enforcement actions.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of El Paso stopped four narcotic smuggling attempts in the span of two days.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) announced the intent to hire 200 Air Interdiction Agents (AIA) this year through direct-hire authority, despite a drop in candidates due to a national shortage of pilots.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has modified the Withhold Release Order (WRO) issued on January 28, 2022 against imports of synthetic disposable gloves manufactured by YTY Industry Holdings Sdn. Bhd. (YTY Group). Effective immediately, the U.S. will allow YTY Group shipments to enter the U.S. provided they are otherwise in compliance with U.S. laws. Shipments of YTY Group’s synthetic gloves received on or after February 8, 2023, will no longer be detained at U.S. ports of entry.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is currently accepting applications for Border Patrol Agent (BPA) GL-5 paygrade positions as part of its ongoing efforts to increase BPA hiring.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection today modified its formal Finding in the Customs Bulletin and in the Federal Register pursuant to 19 C.F.R. §12.42(g) based on satisfactory evidence that Sime Darby Plantation Berhad, its subsidiaries, and joint ventures no longer produce palm oil and its derivative products using forced labor.

Just less than two weeks before Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection agriculture specialists have inspected nearly 850 million cut flowers for insects, pests and diseases that could harm the agricultural and floral industries of the United States.

In an effort to better serve the traveling public and improve transparency, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) will release interview appointment slots for enrollment centers on the first Monday of every month by 9 a.m. local time.