Newest in wave of human smuggling to United States. Last week, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that they detained 123 migrants in “a maritime smuggling event”.…
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U.S. Customs Holding Goods Made in North Korea
Forced labor common North Korean practice, illegal for U.S. imports. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has detained products imported by Chinese sports clothing company Li-Ning under…
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Border Patrol Reports Smugglers Recruiting Minors
Social media used by criminal organizations to reach teen drivers. U.S. Border Patrol has revealed that Transnational Criminal Organizations (TCO) are using social media to recruit juvenile drivers…
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U.S. Border Sees Increase in Russians and Ukrainians
Numbers are outpacing immigrants from Mexico, Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador. During the second half of 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection began reporting a sharp increase in…
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DHS Electronically Tracking Migrants
More than 47,000 migrants are “missing.” After losing track of over 47,000 migrants released from Border Patrol custody, the Department of Homeland Security has begun tracking all illegal…
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U.S. Coast Guard Rescues Haitian Migrants At Sea
CBP discovers 176 Haitians floating in overloaded wooden sailing boat. A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations flight crew spotted the wooden sailing vessel last week…
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Gaps in Border Wall to be Completed
Homeland Security authorizes other expenditures. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced that they will use border security funding allocated by Congress to close wall gaps and pay for…
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CBP Seizes Over $30 Million in Fake Items
Counterfeit designer products discovered at California seaport. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) coordinating with import specialists of the Consumer Products and Mass Merchandising and special agents…
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Homeland Security Warns of Counterfeit Goods
Efforts made to alert shoppers as they prepare to buy on Black Friday. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Customs and Border Protection, and Homeland Security Investigations hosted an…
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Over 7,000 Brazilians and Venezuelans Illegally Cross Border
Agents say many come with luggage and cash. Tens of thousands of migrants from South America have flown into Mexico and crossed into a remote part of Arizona…
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