Texas Governor Greg Abbott has again requested that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) request aerial border surveillance from the Department of Defense (DOD) as part of the now-halted Operation Phalanx.
While claiming to stay out of politics, the commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection said there is no future for building walls in America, when asked about Trumps wall.
Another border surge seems to be coming, as Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is making preparations for at least 75,000 additional unaccompanied alien minors in its fiscal year 2017 budget request to Congress.
Customs and Border Patrol officers and agents employed “use of force” tactics fewer times in FY 2015 than the year before even though assaults against officers increased slightly, new government data reveal.
Customs and Border Protection has a contingency plan in its 2016 budget request to spend up to $134.5 million “to provide the necessary support activities” in the event of a future influx of unaccompanied illegal immigrant youths.
