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Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Philadelphia seized three parcels of xylazine, an animal tranquilizer increasingly mixed with fentanyl and other dangerous drugs. Xylazine does not respond to Narcan.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Eagle Pass Port of Entry seized over $210,000 in mixed narcotics during a recent enforcement action. The operation took place on September 28th at the Eagle Pass International Bridge.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents have apprehended 14 Haitian nationals who were abandoned by smugglers on Monito Island, an uninhabited natural reserve in Puerto Rico. This incident follows the rescue of 31 Haitians from the same location two weeks prior.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pharr International Bridge seized over $17.4 million worth of methamphetamine this past weekend in a significant enforcement action.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pharr International Bridge have seized more than $624,000 in cocaine in a single enforcement action this week.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Port of Buffalo, in collaboration with U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Buffalo Station, have apprehended two Italian citizens who attempted to enter the United States unlawfully.
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Gregory Bovino, U.S. Border Patrol Chief Agent, said that a child was rescued from a trafficker who had given the boy sleeping pills to keep him from interacting with Border Patrol agents. He made this statement in a post on X on September 20.
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International travelers planning to apply for one of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Trusted Traveler Programs (TTP) are reminded that application fees will increase to $120 on Oct. 1.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry apprehended a man wanted on an outstanding felony state warrant for indecent exposure to a minor.
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U.S. Border Patrol agents and law enforcement partners arrested an individual wanted for murder as part of a group of 77 smuggled migrants discovered in two stash houses in El Paso on Tuesday.
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Chris Leon, Area Port Director for San Luis, said that recent seizures of fentanyl and methamphetamine demonstrate how drug organizations utilize children for their trafficking operations. He made this statement in a CBP press release on September 5.
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Agents with US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 67.64 pounds of cocaine from a female traveler enrolled in the SENTRI program according to a Sept. 17 news release.
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Sector Chief John R. Modlin announced the arrests of 2,700 migrants in the Tucson sector in the first week of the month, in a Sept. 6 post on X.
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A federal jury convicted former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent Leonard Darnell George of accepting bribes and allowing vehicles of unauthorized individuals to pass into the United States in June, according to a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
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The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) had 32% fewer encounters with noncitizens along the southwest border in July 2024 than the previous month. This news came in an Aug. 16 news release.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that 2,800 migrants were apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week ending August 2. This information was shared in an August 2 post on X by Chief Patrol Agent of the Tucson sector.
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The Rocky Mountain Field Division (RMFD) of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has seized nearly 800,000 fentanyl pills in Utah, surpassing the entire seizure total for 2023 within a six-month period. This information was disclosed in a July 25 news release from the DEA.
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US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced the expansion of Operation Plaza Spike to include El Paso and Juarez in a news release that also introduced a new counter-fentanyl surge operation called Apollo X. This announcement was made in a July 22 news release from the CBP.
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Agents with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Laredo Sector conducted a train check on July 12, discovering 20 migrants locked in a train compartment. This rescue was highlighted in a July 12 news release from the CBP.
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Troy A. Miller, a Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), stated that CBP will continue to work against transnational criminal organizations at the southern border, noting the "system is not resourced for what we are seeing." Miller made this statement in a press release on June 20 for the CBP May 2024 Monthly Update.