News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

The Coast Guard has extended the retirement age for active duty enlisted members from 30 years to 34 years of military service.

The Coast Guard has updated the officer in charge (OIC) review board process based on feedback from the workforce

In a nondescript industrial park in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the Coast Guard Exhibit Center preserves 15,000 vital artifacts of the service’s history. Contractors are preparing a select set of these artifacts for transfer to the National Coast Guard Museum, which is scheduled to open its doors in New London, Connecticut.

“Narcotic interdiction continues to be a key component in the CBP border security mission,” said Port Director Alberto Flores, Laredo Port of Entry. “These significant seizures demonstrate the result of our officers’ diligent work and dedication to stopping drugs from crossing the border.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Officers assigned to the Tecate Cargo Facility in San Diego found over $4 million worth of cocaine concealed within a shipment of decorative stone.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested three convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the state Route 82 immigration checkpoint near Sonoita, Arizona, rescued seven migrants and arrested three smugglers early Thursday January 12, 2023.

January 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati intercepted smuggled narcotics in a large shipment of acrylic waterproofing paint from Mexico enroute to Cleveland, Texas, located just outside of Houston

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers assigned to the World Trade Bridge seized marijuana that totaled over $7,500,000 in street value.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge arrested a woman wanted for multiple counts of smuggling of persons at the Hidalgo International Bridge.

U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has lifted the suspension on the replacement of deteriorated border barrier at the Friendship Circle Project, which includes replacing dilapidated primary and secondary border barrier along the border in San Diego, Calif. CBP paused work on the project in August to conduct additional stakeholder outreach and to further engage with the community on the barrier requiring repair in this area, which is located near Friendship Park.

San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents responded to rising flood waters in San Ysidro and helped rescue horses.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Camino Real International Bridge arrested a woman in connection with an alleged attempt to smuggle a minor through the Camino Real International Bridge.

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents working together with Webb County Constable Officers from Precinct 1 disrupted a human smuggling operation at a stash house in Laredo, Texas.