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News Articles: CBP

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered nearly $5 million worth of methamphetamine that was disguised as watermelons at a San Diego checkpoint on Aug. 16.

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  • National

Customs officers find $5M worth of meth disguised as watermelons at Mexico border

The driver was referred for a second examination by border patrol officers in San Diego, where customs agents discovered more than $5 million worth of meth.

August 27, 2024
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  • Jonathan Franklin
Flash is dressed and ready for work at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in June 2024.

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Meet Flash, a rookie Homeland Security dog who sniffs luggage at ATL

The newest member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency's 'Beagle Brigade' at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport is trained to detect food and products that pose potential threats to agriculture. 

June 19, 2024
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  • GPB News Staff
U.S. Customs and Border Protection found the skull of a young dolphin in someone's luggage in the Detroit Metropolitan Airport last week, CBP said.

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A dolphin skull was found in someone's luggage in Detroit

The luggage was unaccompanied on an international flight re-entering the U.S. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is now in possession of the skull.

February 06, 2023
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  • Ayana Archie
A United States Border Patrol agent on horseback tries to stop a Haitian migrant from entering an encampment on the banks of the Rio Grande near the Acuna Del Rio International Bridge in Del Rio, Texas on Sept. 19, 2021.

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  • National

The inquiry into border agents on horseback continues. Critics see a 'broken' system

Six weeks ago, DHS promised a quick investigation into images of Border Patrol agents on horses menacing Haitian migrants at the border. Critics say the discipline system needs an overhaul.

November 06, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
Author Keri Smith rode out the pandemic in Canada, where she was born. Now she's worried about returning to her home in Northampton, Mass.

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Permanent Residents Who Left The U.S. During The Pandemic Worry They Can't Come Home

Many green card holders are still stuck outside of the country, worried about returning to their lives in the U.S. because of broad disruptions to the immigration system during the pandemic.

July 24, 2021
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  • Joel Rose
Protesters in Baltimore call for the abolition of ICE in 2019.

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  • National

Biden Administration Limits Power Of ICE To Arrest Immigrants In Courthouses

The decision rolls back a Trump administration practice of seizing people who were in courthouses for reasons unrelated to their immigration status.

April 27, 2021
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  • Mark Katkov
The recent graduation ceremony for the Border Patrol's processing coordinator program. The people in these new positions will be assigned to work inside stations to care for individuals whom Border Patrol agents apprehend.

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  • National

The Border Patrol's New Migrant Child Care Cadre

An overwhelmed Border Patrol realized it did not have enough officers trained to care for vulnerable detainees in its custody, so it created a new position: processing coordinator.

April 06, 2021
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  • John Burnett
A U.S. Government Accountability Office report finds congressionally approved emergency humanitarian funds, meant to benefit asylum-seekers apprehended along the border with Mexico, instead was spent on things from dirt bikes to security camera systems. GAO Homeland Security and Justice Director Rebecca Gambler, shown here in 2017, oversaw the agency's investigation.

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Government Watchdog Says Aid For Migrants Misspent By Border Agency

Some of the $112 million Congress approved last year for humanitarian assistance for migrants was spent instead on dirt bikes and dog food.

July 16, 2020
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  • David Welna

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