Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas announced new guidance on April 27 to limit the arrest of illegal immigrants in or near courthouses, reversing a Trump-era policy that expanded such arrests. “Ensuring that individuals have access to the courts advances the fair administration of justice, promotes safety for crime victims, and helps to…
Biden Administration Limits Arrests of Illegal Immigrants at Courthouses
MS-13 Gang Member Arrested Crossing Illegally at US Southern Border
An active member of the street gang MS-13 was arrested early Monday morning crossing illegally into the United States with a group of illegal immigrants in Arizona, the U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) said. Harry Williams Payes-Mejia, 46, was arrested by Yuma Sector Border Patrol agents with two others east of the San Luis Port of…
Biden Announces 2 Trump Critics to Head CBP, USCIS
President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced two critics of former President Donald Trump as his nominees to lead border law enforcement and the immigration services. Biden has nominated Tucson, Arizona, Police Chief Chris Magnus to be Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner and Ur Mendoza Jaddou as Director of Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS). CBP is responsible…
Border Agents Rescue 8-Year-Old Unaccompanied Minor Abandoned in New Mexico Desert
U.S. Border Patrol agents (CBP) said on Wednesday that they had rescued an 8-year-old boy who had been abandoned in the New Mexico desert. The boy is the third unaccompanied migrant child to be abandoned in New Mexico in a week. Two toddlers were dropped over a border barrier at a height of about 14 feet…
CBP Agent Rescues Sisters Dropped by Smuggler Over 14-Foot Border Barrier
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) released a video on Wednesday that shows two young children allegedly being abandoned by smugglers.
Former CBP Commissioner: Biden Admin ‘Has Dismantled Everything’ for Political Gain
Former U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Commissioner Mark Morgan said that the Biden administration’s policies on the border are detrimental for the nation. “This administration is absolutely—has dismantled everything, and everything that they’re doing is against the nation’s best interest, and I believe it’s for perceived political gain,” Morgan told Just the News. Morgan…
Cruz, Hawley Criticize Biden After Report That CBP Closed 3 Highway Checkpoints in Arizona
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Miss.) on March 9 criticized the Biden administration in response to a report that Customs and Border Protection had shut down three highway checkpoints in Arizona. “How much more will it take for the Biden administration to admit there is a crisis on the border?” Cruz wrote…
CBP Confirms Some Highway Checkpoints in Arizona Closed Due to ‘Shifting Trafficking Patterns’
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Wednesday that some highway checkpoints in Arizona are closed. A CBP spokesperson told The Epoch Times in an email on March 10 that the checkpoints were closed in January “due to shifting trafficking patterns … Specifically an increase in single adults in the Tucson and Three Points stations. A…
During Pandemic, China Sent Millions of Counterfeit Masks, Test Kits to US: Customs Data
China accounted for about 51 percent of counterfeit or substandard COVID-19-related products seized by U.S. customs officials from October 2019 to Sept. 30 last year, according to a newly-released report from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Among the products seized by U.S. customs officials were over 12.7 million counterfeit masks, 177,356 COVID-19 test…
CBP Stops Border Wall Construction After Biden Order
The construction of the wall on the southern border has been suspended, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) confirmed on Wednesday, one week after President Joe Biden signed an executive order ordering the halt. “CBP, in coordination with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, has suspended wall construction projects except for activities that are safety related,” CBP…
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