Ten projects, totaling $4.5 billion, will add barriers and technology along the southwest border as part of expanded security efforts. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and U.S.…
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USDA Delegation Seeks to Expand Agricultural Trade in Taiwan
The officials conduct a mission to deepen agricultural partnerships and increase market access. Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs Luke Lindberg led a U.S. Department of…
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DOT Terminates Delta, Aeromexico Joint Flight Venture Agreement
Mexico has refused to follow a bilateral aviation agreement. The Department of Transportation (DOT) submitted a filing that orders airline companies Delta and Aeromexico to dismantle their joint…
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USMCA Panel Rules Against Mexican Call Center in Landmark Labor Rights Case
First U.S. win under trade agreement’s labor mechanism confirms violations at Mexican call center and requires stronger worker protection. A dispute panel under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)…
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Treasury Department Sanctions 16 Entities for Time Share Fraud
The department said the entities send time share funds to Mexican drug cartels. The Department of the Treasury has sanctioned four Mexican nationals and 12 Mexican companies for…
Read MoreMexico Transfers 26 Suspected Cartel Leaders to U.S.
The Justice Department has agreed not to seek the death penalty. The United States and Mexico announced that the latter nation agreed to transfer 26 suspected drug cartel…
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President Signs HALT Fentanyl Act
The legislation ends the “cat and mouse” for prosecutors and includes synthetics that mimic fentanyl in its enforcement. President Donald Trump signed the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of…
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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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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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