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U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found a small migrant child who human smugglers abandoned after putting him on the international border crossing from Mexico. The smugglers moved the child across the international boundary mark on the Paso Del Norte border crossing and instructed him to walk north.

Law enforcement officials in Vermont rescued three women who were padlocked inside an apartment. Officials believe the women were being held against their will in a human trafficking scheme.

A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew and U.S. Border Patrol agents teamed up to rescue a dehydrated migrant who became lost in the mountains of southern Arizona.

More than two million migrants illegally crossed the border from Mexico into the United States during Fiscal Year 2021. The crossings include 1.66 million apprehended by Border Patrol agents and an estimated 400,000 classified as “got aways.”

Border Patrol agents in Texas arrested two deported child sex offenders in separate incidents in the Laredo and Big Bend Sectors. Also, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested two men wanted for sex crimes against children at border crossing points.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is set to report just under 2 million migrant encounters nationwide for the recently ended Fiscal Year 2021. The number of migrants encountered by Border Patrol agents and CBP officers jumped 202 percent over the previous year’s roughly 647,000.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers interdicted a shipment of more than 1,100 pounds of methamphetamine at an international border crossing in South Texas. The attempted smuggling incident took place at the Pharr International Bridge Cargo Facility.

The U.S. Border Patrol’s Laredo Sector Horse Patrol Unit rescued a migrant who became lost on a ranch approximately 50 miles from the Texas border with Mexico. The agents utilized their horses to search for the migrant and then provided first aid before transporting him.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced September 30 that officers seized upwards of $6.5 million in counterfeit currency from Russia at the Philadelphia International Airport.

Vice President Kamala Harris has been noticeably absent from the public eye — a move analysts say could be helping her poll numbers.

Democrats are undermining the Border Patrol’s morale with disingenuous and fraudulent narratives of “racism” relating to border security, Rep. Chip Roy (R-TX) said on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Sunday with host Joel Pollak.

A group of 14 Mexican soldiers riding in two vehicles crossed into Texas at an international port of entry. The incursion led to officers with U.S. Customs and Border Protection taking their weapons and temporarily placing them in handcuffs. One of the soldiers had a small amount of marijuana.

Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) said Border Patrol agents estimateda one-to-one ratio of apprehensions to got-aways among border-crossing migrants.

An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was arrested for carrying a firearm at the “Justice for J6” rally in Washington, DC, on Saturday, according to reports. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials announced the closure of both international bridges in Del Rio, Texas, on Friday evening. The closures come as the migrant camp crisis under one of the bridges continues to worsen.

The latest border apprehension numbers show a huge rise in migrants from distant countries, including Colombia, India, and Turkey, seeking to enter the U.S.

Texas Department of Public Safety officials reported via Twitter early Thursday morning that someone from U.S. Customs and Border Protection contacted them to request assistance in shutting down “ports” of entry in the Del Rio area. DPS claims CBP later reversed or denied ever making the request.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials requested help from Texas officials to stem the growing humanitarian crisis in Del Rio where more than 9,000 migrants are detained under a bridge. Texas Governor Greg Abbott responded by sending additional DPS troopers and National Guard units to “shut down six ports of entry” and “stop the caravans from overrunning our state.”

Border Patrol agents apprehended nearly 200,000 migrants who illegally crossed the border from Mexico during the month of August. This represents an increase of more 312 percent increase over the same month in 2020.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents are reportedly investigating claims by young female Afghan refugees that they were raped and forced to marry much older men in order to escape from the Taliban. 

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized multiple firearms, gun parts, and ammunition headed to Mexico. The seizures took place at the Nogales Port of Entry over the weekend.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees are making last-minute preparations for a potential response required to answer the threat Hurricane Ida poses to the greater New Orleans area. CBP’s Air and Marine Operations, Border Patrol, and Office of Field Operations

The number of migrants crossing the border without being apprehended soared to more than 340,000 migrants so far this Fiscal Year 2021, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection source. This figure represents an estimate of the total number of migrants believed to have escaped into the U.S. interior without capture or apprehension by Border Patrol agents.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection aircrews teamed up with the Coast Guard to seize nearly nine tons of cocaine in three separate incidents in July and August. The 17,620-pound seizures had an estimated street value of more than $333 million, officials stated.

The Department of Homeland Security announced on Friday an extension of the non-essential travel ban at land border ports along the U.S./Mexico and U.S./Canada borders. The ban, now in place for over 18 months, prohibits nonimmigrant visa holders from entering the United States for recreational travel, shopping, or visiting relatives.

Arrests of migrants with previous convictions for sexual offenses jumped 171 percent during the first 10 months of Fiscal Year 2021, according to a report from U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Agents apprehended 423 criminal aliens with convictions for sexual offenses as of July 31.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers found several packages from China containing counterfeit Drug Enforcement Administration and FBI badges. The fake badges were destined to various locations around the country.

Colombia and Panama agreed to limit the flow of U.S.-bound migrants from various continents transiting through their territory to 650 per day.

The CBP released statistics on Thursday that show more than 200,000 people were encountered on the border in July.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a large quantity of undeclared pharmaceutical medications and arrested the alleged smuggler. The search of a woman attempting to enter the United States from Mexico yielded more than 8,500 undeclared pills.

Mark Morgan, former acting CBP commissioner, said Democrats plan to include an amnesty proposal within ostensibly infrastructure-focused bill.

An increasing number of migrants from outside the Northern Triangle (NT) is flocking to the U.S. as Biden team focuses on Northern Triangle.  

U.S. authorities recently launched an effort to prevent companies implicated in trafficking illegal migrants into the United States from renewing or obtaining insurance policies for their “commercial enterprises,” a top American official testified Tuesday.

Federal agents examining a cargo ship near New Orleans told it to vacate the country once they found it was infested with a certain type of Asian beetle.

Presiden Biden’s policies are attracting a growing number of migrants from beyond Mexico and Northern Triangle seeking to enter U.S.

Elected officials from both parties are expressing anger over the Biden administration’s decision Wednesday to keep the U.S. border with Canada closed.