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The National Border Patrol Council criticized presumed Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton for giving a DNC speaking slot to an illegal immigrant after she took pride in violating federal immigration laws.

Three Mexican children were discovered by U.S. Border Patrol agents in an attempt to smuggle them into the United States using falsified birth certificates.

U.S. Border Patrol agents and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized nearly $1 million in drugs over the past five days in Arizona. The drugs were seized in four separate incidents from Friday through Tuesday.

Federal officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over $2.5 million in crystal meth and cocaine at the Texas border with Mexico in Laredo. The seizures took place in three separate incidents over a two-day period.

MCALLEN, Texas — Federal authorities seized a massive skull from an endangered elephant that was being wrongfully crossed into Mexico and was then sent back to the U.S.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized large loads of cocaine and marijuana at two separate Texas ports of entry. The drugs were being smuggled in from Mexico.

An illegal alien wanted for an alleged rape in the state of Washington was arrested in southern California. The man had reportedly entered the U.S. from Mexico with nearly $1 million worth of drugs hidden in his truck.

The weekend round-up of drug shipments being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico resulted in the seizure of over $1.5 million in illegal contraband in a three-day period.

Border Patrol agents assigned to the Falfurrias Station saved the life of one illegal alien who was abandoned by his human smugglers and left to die. Three others were not as lucky after succumbing to the harsh conditions in the ranch fields located about 80 miles north of the Texas-Mexico border.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers appear to have made no effort to call the Laredo Police Department or Border Patrol agents after three men who were seen jumping the turnstile and bypassing border security screening at a Laredo port of entry escaped.

Three men broke through security at the International Bridge One crossing from Mexico into the center of Laredo, Texas, just as an interview with Breitbart Texas’ Brandon Darby was about to begin.

A new service award recently created by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) for Border Patrol agents could actually put their lives at risk. The award recognizes an agent who does not used deadly force in a situation where they are confronted by an armed assailant.

A federal jury in El Paso, Texas, found a former customs officer guilty of illegal alien smuggling for financial gain, and aiding and abetting illegal alien smuggling for financial gain. He was also convicted on two counts of accepting a bribe.

Federal officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) stopped the attempted smuggling of over a half-million dollars’ worth of methamphetamine and cocaine at a Texas port of entry.

In three separate incidents, officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized $850,000 in cocaine and heroin. The seizures took place over the weekend in the Tucson Sector in southern Arizona.

Central and South American immigrants are finding loopholes in order to manipulate the United States immigration system so they can stay. Law enforcement officials from the various agencies that make up the Department of Homeland Security have reached out to Breitbart Texas pointing out the new practices being taught to illegal immigrants by smugglers.

Federal authorities working at Texas/Mexico border crossings arrested two women in separate incidents who were allegedly smuggling a total of $250,000 in methamphetamine.

Officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) seized over $1 million worth of cocaine in separate incidents at multiple Texas border ports of entry.

U.S. Border Patrol Agents working in the Tucson Sector teamed up with Mexican law enforcement officials to conduct “mirrored operations” on both sides of the border leading to the arrests of nearly 500 people and the seizure of $12.5 million in marijuana.

Federal authorities in Laredo, Texas, seized over $1 million worth of crystal methamphetamine during a cross border smuggling attempt on Tuesday.

Total apprehensions of illegal aliens crossing the southwest border are up in March by twenty-eight percent above February. Of the overall total of 33,335 total captures on the southwest border in March, over 4,200 were unaccompanied alien children (UACs).

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in Laredo, Texas, seized over a ton of marijuana and some unwanted wood-boring pests in a shipment of wooden pallets.

Federal aircrew members of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) detected suspicious boats and maintained surveillance until partners could interdict the load of 1,470 pounds of cocaine.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers working a cargo facility on the Mexican border in southern California seized over seven tons of marijuana. The seizure came in spite of the legalization of the drug in that western state.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the Port of Nogales, Arizona, seized nearly $2 million in drugs this week.

Border Patrol agents in southern California seized over $1.2 million in cocaine following a vehicle stop near an inland checkpoint.

Officers with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) seized $7.4 million in marijuana that was discovered at a commercial facility in southern Arizona. Separately, officers seized nearly $800,000 in hard drugs at border crossings.

Border patrol agents in Tucson, Arizona, arrested more human smugglers attempting to traffic illegal migrants in the trunks of vehicles. There have been two such incidents in the last several days. On April 16, a driver attempted to avoid detection at

A Mexican national wanted in the state of Washington on a charge of sexually assaulting a young girl turned himself in to authorities at the U.S.-Mexico border in New Mexico.

Federal authorities in southern Arizona have seized more than $600,000 worth of cocaine during a smuggling attempt. In Texas, over $150,000 in cash was seized while being smuggled into Mexico.

During a routine patrol on Thursday morning, an El Centro Border Patrol agent discovered a tunnel spanning the U.S.-Mexico southern border.

Seventeen suspected illegal aliens aboard a panga boat sent a distress signal off the coast of San Diego on Tuesday morning that led the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to apprehend the group.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers in what is frequently reported as the “Safe City” of El Paso, Texas, busted a woman attempting to enter the United States from Mexico with about $1.6 million worth of methamphetamine.

Shawn Moran, Vice President of the National Border Patrol Council, which has endorsed Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, stated that Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection R. Gil Kerlikowske is a commissioner “who is more political than ever” and immigration laws are

Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized a shipment of tactical weapons and ammunition that was being smuggled into Mexico.

Officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations (CBP) seized more than 5,500 rounds of ammunition that was being smuggled into Mexico in southern Arizona.