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Border Authorities Find 52 Reptiles Hidden in Man's Clothing
Authorities say a man who tried to slither past U.S. border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing
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Border Patrol Agents Who Posted Racist, Sexist Content in Facebook Groups Remain on the Job, House Panel Finds
A House panel said the vast majority of Customs and Border Protection agents who engaged in Facebook groups featuring racist and sexist posts remain on the job.
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Federal Immigration Agents to End Practice of Worksite Raids
Federal immigration agents will stop making mass worksite arrest of immigrants employees suspected of living in the U.S. without legal permission
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More Fake COVID Vaccination Cards Seized by Chicago Officials
Over 40 counterfeit coronavirus vaccination cards were seized Monday by Chicago officials at O’Hare International Airport for the second time this September.
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Greyhound Settles Lawsuit Over Immigration Sweeps on Buses
Greyhound Lines Inc. will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line’s practice of allowing U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct immigration sweeps
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No Migrants Remain at Camp Under Bridge in Texas Border Town, DHS Secretary Says
No migrants remain at a border camp under a bridge in Del Rio, Texas, where thousands of mostly Haitians amassed in recent days, the DHS secretary said Friday.
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CBP Inappropriately Surveilled U.S. Citizens During Migrant Caravan: DHS Report
The report published by the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General found that while the agency had justified reasoning to flag journalists, their tracking was not fully within CBP policy.
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U.S. Border Patrol Will No Longer Use Horses in Del Rio, Texas, After Outrage Over Treatment of Haitian Migrants
Border Patrol agents will no longer use horses in Del Rio, Texas, amid public outcry over photos showing agents on horseback charging at Haitian migrants.
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Texas Gov. Abbott Meets With Florida Gov. DeSantis About Border Security
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) hosted a briefing on border security Saturday afternoon with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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$12.7M in Fake Designer Gear, Counterfeit Cialis Pills Seized at Calif. Port: CBP
U.S. Customs officials seized 57,607 counterfeit products that arrived at the LA/Long Beach Seaport in a containerized cargo shipment.
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Ex-Border Agent Admits Illegally Bringing Woman Into US
A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent in Texas has pleaded guilty to illegally bringing a Mexican woman into the U.S. to work as her nanny, according to federal court documents.
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Number of Children Traveling Alone at Border Eases in April
The number of unaccompanied children encountered on the U.S. border with Mexico in April eased from an all-time high a month earlier, while more adults are coming without families
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Officers Discover 3 Pounds of Cocaine in Woman's Shoes at Atlanta Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says it caught a Georgia woman trying to smuggle cocaine in multiple pairs of shoes through the Atlanta airport.
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US Under Biden Will No Longer Call Migrants ‘Illegal Aliens'
The Biden administration wants federal employees to drop use of the word “alien” to refer to noncitizens and migrants in official communications.
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Border Agents Feel They Are Under ‘Gag Order' From Biden Administration
The Biden administration is restricting the information Border Patrol agents and sector chiefs can share with the media as a surge of migrants tests the agency’s capacity at the southern border, two current and two former Customs and Border Protection officials told NBC News.
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Customs Inspectors Seize Cocaine-Coated Corn Flakes in Ohio
Customs authorities in Ohio say they intercepted a shipment of cereal earlier this month with a special frosting — cocaine.
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Customs Seizes Nearly $100K in Erectile Dysfunction Pills From Traveler at O'Hare
A traveler tried to illegally pass through customs at O’Hare International Airport with 3,200 erectile dysfunction tablets he said were for his friends.
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US Border Patrol Agent Fatally Shoots Man Crossing Border into Texas
A man trying to enter the United States illegally at the Mexican border with Texas was fatally shot by a Border Patrol agent, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.
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US Bans Second Malaysian Palm Oil Giant Over Forced Labor
The U.S. said it will ban all shipments of palm oil from one of the world’s biggest producers after finding indicators of forced labor and other abuses on plantations feeding into the supply chains of some of America’s most famous food and cosmetic companies
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About 8,800 Unaccompanied Children Are Expelled at US Border
About 8,800 unaccompanied children have been quickly expelled from the United States along the Mexico border under a pandemic-related measure that effectively ended asylum