News from February 2023
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol El Paso Sector welcomed their first support canine to promote resiliency among agents.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Air and Marine Operations (AMO) will continue to upgrade and modernize its operating locations and facilities by breaking ground on the new Laredo Air Branch Administration building.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
On Valentine’s Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working at an Express Consignment Operations hub seized a shipment containing 72 Amoxicillin 100mg capsules, six vials of Penicillin Powder, eight 8mg vials of Betamethasone, and 200 Diclofenac 100mg tablets-all of which require a doctor’s prescription.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are facing an alarming trend of travelers violating U.S. currency reporting laws after officers seized $350,918 in unreported currency since New Year’s Eve from 14 groups of international travelers at Washington Dulles International Airport.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists had a remarkable finding that will go down in history. A first-in-nation pest was discovered at the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility within a shipment containing fresh cut flowers.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Veterans International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged cocaine valued at approximately $239,314 hidden within a 2003 Jeep.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Fiscal Year 2022 marked the busiest year ever for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists at the LA/LB Seaport, America’s largest seaport complex.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
El Paso Sector U.S. Border Patrol Agents disrupted numerous human smuggling schemes this week including stash houses.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of New Orleans processed eight Cubans who were rescued nearly 400 miles off the coast of Mobile, Alabama, Feb. 9.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists (CBPAS) and their canines have been busy inspecting arriving passengers at O’Hare International Airport, sniffing mail at the International Mail Facility (IMF) near O’Hare, examining arriving rail and ocean cargo, and checking parcels at a nearby express consignment facility.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agriculture Specialists found something unusual while examining a shipment containing fresh celery, the interception of a rare pest, a first-in-port discovery.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol's (BP) Swanton Sector recorded 367 apprehensions and encounters during January of fiscal year 2023 (FY23.) Despite area temperatures reaching -4 degrees Fahrenheit, January's total surpassed the preceding January apprehensions for the past 12 years combined (Total: 344.) Prior to January, Swanton Sector experienced an uninterrupted 7-month streak of sustained encounter increases—part of an upward trend dating back to the beginning of FY22.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) Laredo Field Office will reopen the Amistad Dam International Bridge after an extended closure due to a maintenance issue.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to Del Rio Sector arrested two convicted child sex offenders, shortly after they illegally entered the United States.Feb. 6, while conducting line watch operations, Eagle Pass Station agents encountered nine subjects attempting to avoid detection.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, Area Port of Douglas officers arrested a 34-year-old male attempting to smuggle 45 pounds of blue fentanyl pills into the United States.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
The Ice Bridge on Drummond Island is set to open today and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Field Operations encourages snowmobilers in the Eastern Upper Peninsula region of Michigan to use the CBP Reporting Offsite Arrival – Mobile (ROAM) application to report their arrival into the United States when entering from Canada.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
On Monday, February 6, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) seized more than $26,000 from a passenger traveling to Vietnam.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) published today a Federal Register Notice soliciting additional participants for the Section 321 Data Pilot, which allows the agency to partner with private sector supply chain actors to identify and target high-risk shipments for inspection while expediting clearance of legitimate trade flows.
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
“The January monthly operational update clearly illustrates that new border enforcement measures are working, with the lowest level of Border Patrol encounters between Ports of Entry since February of 2021,” said CBP Acting Commissioner Troy Miller
By Press release submission | Feb 19, 2023
Adraft recovery plan is now available for the trispot darter, listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in 2019.
