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Media Releases from the previous administrations are available in the Archive section of our website.
Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

Del RIO, Texas –Illegal alien encounters in U.S. Border Patrol’s Del Rio Sector increased 182 percent in the month of November...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents foiled a dangerous human smuggling attempt last night...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

EDINBURG, Texas– This weekend, Rio Grande Valley Sector Border Patrol agents seized marijuana, cocaine, methamphetamine, and heroin in separate smuggling...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

PHILADELPHIA – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a non-compliant electric vehicle from China on December 8 that was destined to an address...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

LAREDO, TEXAS – Within hours of each other, Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents along with Homeland Security Investigations (HSI...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release

LAREDO, TEXAS – Laredo Sector Border Patrol and Webb County Constables Precinct 2 (WCCO) shut down a stash house in south...

Thursday, December 17, 2020 | Local Media Release
The counterfeit items included more than one million
erectile dysfunction pills.

LOS ANGELES— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and U.S....

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release

AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico—Caribbean Air and Marine Branch (CAMB) crews, federal, and local law enforcement partners disrupted a human smuggling attempt near...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release

TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Border Patrol agents collaborated with the Douglas Police Department, an Operation Stonegarden partner, in the investigation of a...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release
USBP agents arrested 20 illegal aliens
who were being smuggled into the
U.S. on a small panga vessel near
Dana Point, Calif.

Tuesday night,...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release

ROMULUS, Mich. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Agriculture Specialists intercepted a number of undeclared and unknown biological samples at...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release
 The panga vessel made landfall on the beach near the area of 55th
Place and Ocean Blvd during daylight hours, less than four miles
from downtown...
Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | National Media Release

LONDON - The United States and the United Kingdom concluded a Customs Mutual Assistance Agreement (CMAA) today to further enhance bilateral efforts...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release

YUMA, Ariz. – A Yuma Sector Border Patrol Canine alerted to over seven pounds of cocaine in a duffel bag on the back seat of a vehicle at the immigration...

Wednesday, December 16, 2020 | Local Media Release

CINCINNATI–-Last Thursday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Cincinnati seized two shipments of jewelry and watches deemed to be...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents arrested 14 inadmissible aliens on Friday who were crossing the border in a remote area on Otay Mountain.  An...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

EAGLE PASS, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Eagle Pass Port of Entry intercepted a...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

HIDALGO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Hidalgo International Bridge prevented $3,435,000 in alleged...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

JACUMBA, Calif. — Border Patrol agents in East County San Diego arrested 19 people during a three-vehicle, drive-through attempt early Sunday morning.

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Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – Los oficiales de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza (CBP, por sus siglas en inglés) que trabajaban en el Puente Internacional Brownsville...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

BROWNSVILLE, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Brownsville and Matamoros International Bridge intercepted a load of alleged...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

MIAMI – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at Miami International Airport (MIA) seized bottles containing nearly eight pounds of ketamine...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

EL PASO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers assigned to the Ysleta Port of Entry Cargo Facility seized approximately 2,570 pounds of...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

CHICAGO–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Chicago recently seized shipments that contained glass pipes used for smoking marijuana and...

Tuesday, December 15, 2020 | Local Media Release

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents assisted in the arrest of 28 people during two separate incursions along the California coastline.

A second...

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