Smugglers float SUV with 650 pounds of marijuana across Rio Grande
Drug smugglers tried to float an SUV from Mexico into the U.S. across the Rio Grande River in Texas.
Cocaine hidden inside Caribbean cookbook, feds say
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers said the cookbook — titled "The Multi-Cultural Cuisine of Trinidad & Tobago & the Caribbean" was missing many of its recipes and photos because someone had carved a secret chamber in the pages.
Man caught with more than 50 live reptiles under his clothes at San Diego border crossing
Border Patrol recently found 52 live reptiles stuffed inside a man's jacket and pants.
Meth disguised as onions seized at San Diego border crossing, CBP officials say
Officials with U.S. Customs and Border Protection say they found over 1,000 packages of meth that was disguised as onions during an examination of a tractor-trailer at a San Diego border crossing on Feb. 20.
Ukrainian New Yorkers hope for peace in homeland
Many Ukrainian families in Brooklyn are worried about their relatives who live in Ukraine due to the possibility of war with Russia, according to a city councilwoman.
Migrant killed by Border Patrol agent in Arizona, sheriff's office says
The sheriff's office provided an update days later saying a man who reportedly entered the U.S. illegally was killed after being shot several times by a border patrol agent on Feb. 19.
Arizona CBP arrest Mexican national carrying $85K worth of fentanyl pills
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills.
Robot dogs will soon patrol the US-Mexico border
The handful of police officials experimenting with the four-legged machines say they’re just another tool, like existing drones and simple wheeled robots, to keep emergency responders out of harm’s way as they scout for dangers.
Ketamine headed for NY sized by CBP
Nearly 50 pounds of ketamine from Slovakia and France were heading for residences in New York.
Border Patrol rescues two unaccompanied 5-year-old girls in two days crossing into US
It is the latest in a number of incidents of migrant children being found abandoned by relatives or smugglers at the border.
Coast Guard finds 4 more migrant bodies from capsized boat off Florida coast; plans to suspend search
The Coast Guard says it has found four more bodies in its search for nearly 40 migrants lost at sea off the east coast of Florida after their boat capsized in severe weather over the weekend, bringing the death toll to five. Officials said they plan to call off their active search for survivors at sunset on Thursday.
Family of 4 freezes to death north of Minnesota border, man charged with smuggling
A man is accused of human smuggling after federal prosecutors say he was waiting to pick Indian nationals walking across Minnesota's border with Canada in subzero temperatures -- including a family of four who died in the freezing temps.
GOP sues to block law letting noncitizens vote in NYC elections
Republicans are suing to prevent noncitizens from voting in New York City elections under a new local law, which allows more than 800,000 noncitizens and "Dreamers" in the city to vote in municipal elections. Republican elected officials in New York City want a court to block the law and declare it unconstitutional.
Border Patrol official’s tweet on capture of ‘potential terrorist’ deleted; CBP says it violated protocol
CBP Public Affairs Assistant Commissioner Luis Miranda said in a statement that the tweet was deleted because "it contained law enforcement sensitive information, violating agency protocols."
Immigrants help Afghan refugees at San Jose medical clinic
A medical clinic set up decades ago in San Jose is welcoming Afghan refugees.
ICE agents will test wearing body cameras, Homeland Security says
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says dozens of agents will wear body cameras for the first time as part of six-month pilot project.
Saudi Arabian 'potential terrorist' nabbed at US-Mexico border
A "potential terrorist" with links to a number of "Yemeni subjects of interest" was captured in Arizona after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border, authorities say.
2 arrested, accused of attempting to smuggle migrants inside hearse near Arizona border
Agents stopped the hearse four miles north of the border on State Route 286 and saw people wearing camouflage clothing lying in the back of the vehicle.
49 migrants dead, 58 injured in truck crash in south Mexico
A cargo truck jammed with people who appeared to be Central American migrants rolled over and crashed into a pedestrian bridge over on a highway in southern Mexico on Thursday, killing at least 49 people and injuring nearly five dozen others, authorities reported.
Alleged kidnapper and teen stopped at Canadian border after invalid COVID-19 tests
A complaint filed in U.S. District Court in Burlington on Friday says the 19-year-old man was apprehended by U.S. border agents at the Highgate Springs port of entry on Thursday after he and the girl were refused entry to Canada.