Latest U.S. Customs and Border Protection News

Customs agents seize 22,000 fake Pennsylvania vehicle inspection stickers shipped from Israel

Dec. 27, 2024 17:57 PM EST

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it has seized more than 20,000 counterfeit Pennsylvania vehicle inspection stickers that were shipped from Israel to an address in Philadelphia. Customs officers found the stickers in two different shipments...

US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says

Dec. 17, 2024 15:36 PM EST

McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor's final report. The heightened scrutiny of the Border...

Trump taps forceful ally of hard-line immigration policies to head Customs and Border Protection

Dec. 06, 2024 18:52 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The picture of who will be in charge of executing President-elect Donald Trump's hard-line immigration and border policies has come into sharper focus after he announced his picks to head Customs and Border Protection and also the agency tasked with deporting immigrants in the...

US border arrests drop 17% in November, dousing predictions of post-election surge

Dec. 03, 2024 19:02 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — U.S. authorities made about 46,700 arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in November, down about 17% from October to a new low for Joe Biden's presidency, an official said Tuesday. The arrest tally marked a decline of more than 80% from an all-time...

More than 3,000 fake Gibson guitars seized at Los Angeles port

Nov. 29, 2024 18:02 PM EST

LOS ANGELES (AP) — More than 3,000 fake Gibson electric guitars shipped from Asia were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents at the Los Angeles-Long Beach Seaport, authorities said. Had the guitars been authentic, they would have been worth $18 million, U.S. Customs...

Federal agents detain 64 Haitian migrants left stranded on an island near Puerto Rico

Oct. 03, 2024 16:37 PM EDT

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Federal agents said they detained 64 Haitian migrants on Thursday after smugglers abandoned them on an uninhabited island west of Puerto Rico. Park rangers alerted authorities after discovering the group on Mona Island, according to U.S. Customs and...