customs and border protection

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) fired four employees and disciplined 65 others following an investigation into alleged violent and sexist posts submitted in closed Facebook groups, the agency confirmed Thursday.

Between April 6 and June 6, agents assigned to the LA/Long Beach Seaport intercepted 19,555 pounds of prohibited pork, chicken, beef and duck products arriving from China, authorities said Friday. Most of the animal products were commingled in boxes of headphones, door locks, kitchenware, LCD tablets, trash bags, swim fins, cell phone covers, plastic cases and household goods “in a…

A Trump administration official says a policy of stricter border enforcement imposed in response to the COVID-19 outbreak may have to stay in place even as the virus begins to ebb in the U.S. and life in the country starts to return to normal.

A Venezuelan teenager has been forced back to Mexico by U.S. government authorities who denied her claims that she was fleeing political repression and violence, even after they accepted the same claims from her father.

The Trump Administration has quietly designated U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Protection as a “security agency,” a move that will make it harder for the public to access certain documents and information on border enforcement and policies.