(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Michael J. Dunleavy Tuesday announced the future deployment of approximately ten soldiers from the Alaska Army National Guard’s 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment to assist U.S. Customs and Border Protection along the U.S. southern border. The deployment, which will begin April 1, 2019 in support of aerial patrol operations […]
TUCSON, Ariz. – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers arrested 2 young women yesterday for separate alleged attempts to smuggle almost one-quarter pound of fentanyl through the Port of San Luis. Officers at the pedestrian crossing lanes referred a 20-year-old U.S. woman for additional inspection as she attempted to enter the U.S. Tuesday morning. After […]
[dropcap]P[/dropcap]HARR, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations (OFO) at the Pharr International Bridge hit the drug-smuggling organizations hard this weekend with a substantial interception of hard narcotics, seizing $12,700,000 worth of methamphetamine. “This was an outstanding interception our officers accomplished this weekend,” said Port Director David Gonzalez, Hidalgo/Pharr/Anzalduas Port of Entry. […]
[dropcap]U[/dropcap].S. President Donald Trump will sign a border security bill, averting a government shutdown on Friday, but plans to formally declare the southern U.S. border a “national emergency,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Thursday. The declaration would clear the way for Trump to authorize new funding for a permanent physical barrier. The move […]