Agents Find 3-Year-Old Migrant Boy Alone Near Texas Border
U.S. Customs and Border Protection said late Tuesday that the boy's name and phone numbers were written on his shoes when agents found him that morning.
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection said late Tuesday that the boy's name and phone numbers were written on his shoes when agents found him that morning.
The decrease comes as fewer people are crossing the border illegally and after the agency overhauled how force should be deployed at the border.
Last March, Congress approved more than $600 million for 33 miles of new barriers in the Rio Grande Valley.
Sheriff's deputies in Mississippi arrested a Texas man and seized more than $1 million in cocaine during a traffic stop.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection has ordered medical checks on every child in its custody after an 8-year-old boy from Guatemala died, marking the second death of an immigrant child in the agency's care in December.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection promised "an independent and thorough review of the circumstances."
Yazmin Juarez's 1-year-old daughter, Mariee, died in May.
Agents inspecting a truck at a South Texas border entry point have seized more than $2 million worth of cocaine wrapped in about 100 packages.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security said Tuesday that it will waive environmental laws so it can build gates between sections of border barriers in South Texas.
The Texas Supreme Court will consider a challenge to the state's retroactive sex offender laws that some say unfairly stack new punishments on those convicted in plea deals.
The U.S. border wall with Mexico is frequently in the news, but few people have a chance to visit it up close, or to see details of the various sections.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at DFW International Airport seized a shipment of khat over the weekend valued at $124,670.
Construction workers have completed more than half of a new barrier along a desolate stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border in southern New Mexico.
Border Patrol officers in South Texas have put a wedge between smugglers and $40,000 worth of marijuana stuffed in golf bags found abandoned along the Rio Grande.
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio on Wednesday called the allegation "absolutely ridiculous."
Border Patrol arrests fell sharply in June to the lowest level since February, according to a U.S. official, ending a streak of four straight monthly increases.
Customs and Border Protection allowed news media organizations to tour the 77,000-square-foot immigrant detention facility in McAllen, Texas on the condition that no photos or video be taken.
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection statement says 39-year-old Daniel Carrillo of Alpine on Thursday was turned over to officers at the Presidio Port of Entry.
Customs agents will step up searches for banned flowers meant for Valentine's Day being smuggled into the U.S. from Mexico over worries about diseases and pests, federal officials announced.
An outage of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection's processing system briefly led to delays Monday night for international travelers arriving in the U.S.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection made the seizure on Thursday, December 21 at the World Trade Bridge.
A branch of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection rescued a group of over a dozen illegal aliens who were lost near the Big Bend area and suffering from extreme hypothermia Friday morning.
More than 200 pounds of unclaimed contraband bologna was seized at the U.S.-Mexico border this week, CBS News reports.
An FBI official said Tuesday that the bureau is investigating the death of a border patrol agent and severe injuries to another as "potential assault," but he wouldn't rule out that they could have been hurt in some other way.
Authorities are searching Texas' Big Bend area for potential suspects and witnesses after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent was fatally injured responding to activity there.
