U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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Border Patrol agents from the El Centro Sector arrested two women, both U.S. citizens aged 42 and 36, on suspicion of attempting to smuggle 176 pounds of methamphetamine through the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint near Indio, California.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Del Rio Port of Entry seized more than $738,000 worth of methamphetamine in a single incident, according to an announcement from the agency.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry have detained a man wanted for an alleged homicide in Fort Worth, Texas.
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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has announced that Secretary Kristi Noem signed a waiver to expedite the construction of about five miles of new 30-foot border wall in Starr and Hidalgo Counties, Texas.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers from Dallas Fort Worth International Airport recently held a three-day Global Entry mobile enrollment event at Will Rogers International Airport in Oklahoma City.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) will hold a Global Entry enrollment event at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport from September 7 to 13.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Pharr International Bridge cargo facility have seized more than $13 million in methamphetamine, officials announced.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge cargo facility in Laredo, Texas, have seized more than $37 million worth of methamphetamine from a commercial truck transporting aluminum burr.
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Ernesto Casado, a retired U.S. Navy Chief, recently transitioned to a civilian career at U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) through the Department of Defense (DoD) SkillBridge internship program.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers reported a series of arrests and drug seizures across several New York border crossings during the recent holiday weekend.
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A woman from Ecuador died after being struck by vehicles while attempting to cross the Cesar E. Chavez Border Highway in El Paso, Texas, on August 17, 2025.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Gateway International Bridge in Brownsville, Texas, have seized $137,000 in unreported U.S. currency during an outbound inspection.
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A driver drowned in the Rio Grande River after fleeing from U.S. Border Patrol agents in Starr County, Texas, according to a statement issued by Customs and Border Protection (CBP) as part of its policy for public notification regarding deaths...
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry have detained a man wanted for an alleged sexual offense against a child.
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On June 15, 2025, Department of Defense personnel monitoring the El Paso Station area reported seeing three individuals cross into the United States illegally, about 3.13 miles east of the Bridge of Americas Port of Entry.
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On August 30, U.S. Border Patrol agents in the San Diego Sector arrested a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly attempting to smuggle nearly 27 pounds of methamphetamine into the United States.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun enforcing the end of the de minimis loophole, following President Donald J. Trump’s executive order.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers arrested Fard Shaheed Matthews, a 49-year-old resident of Virginia Beach, on Saturday as he prepared to board a cruise ship in Norfolk.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport recently found a large number of prescription pills in the baggage of two U.S. citizens returning from international trips.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized a total of $111,225 in unreported currency during August.