The new Arizona site makes the fourth defense area amid ongoing security and trafficking concerns. The Pentagon announced the creation of a new national defense area (NDA) along…
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ICE Raids California Cannabis Farm and Arrests Hundreds of Migrant Criminals
Agents also “rescued at least 14 migrant children from what looks like exploitation, forced child labor, and potentially human trafficking.” Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents raided two of…
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DHS Ends Temporary Protected Status for Nicaragua and Honduras
Secretary Noem states that the program “was designed to be… temporary.” The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced the end of the Temporary Protected Status (TPS) program for…
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Federal Judge Blocks Asylum Ban at U.S. Southern Border
An administration official said the government will appeal and points out the lack of authority of a district judge to stop the administration from securing the U.S. border.…
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White House Responds to Ambush of Border Patrol in Texas
A House resolution to condemn anti-ICE violence was passed just days before, though most of the minority party did not support it. The Rio Grande Valley Sector of…
Read MoreU.S. Border Patrol Reports Record Low Encounters
The White House underscores the need for the legislation before the House to pass so construction may continue on the border wall. The White House announced, with the…
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USDA Launches Strategy to Address New World Screwworm Threat
The $8.5 million ‘fly dispersal facility’ and five-part plan are to prevent the spread of the deadly livestock fly from Mexico to the U.S. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture…
Read MoreBorder Patrol Discovers Smuggling Tunnel Under Construction in San Diego
The nearly 3,000-foot tunnel began in Tijuana, Mexico. U.S. Border Patrol agents in San Diego recently discovered a sophisticated, cross-border drug smuggling tunnel extending over 1,000 feet into…
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CBP Awards $309 Million Toward Border Wall Project
The agency waived environmental requirements to expedite construction. Customs and Border Protection awarded a $309,463,000 contract to Fisher Sand and Gravel Co. last week, to construct 27 miles…
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Border Patrol Shuts Down Cartel Scouting Lookout in Southern Arizona
Agents arrested and charged two Mexican men with smuggling and conspiracy. U.S. Border Patrol agents shut down a cartel’s mountain lookout in southern Arizona this month, arresting two…
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