Former lobbyist turned Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt, says critic, probably assumed gift “to his former oil and gas client would slip by unnoticed.” Interior Secretary David Bernhardt was condemned Monday for a proposed policy shift on offshore drilling panned as a “sweetheart giveaway” for a former client. The new extraction-encouraging proposal was announced […]
SAN DIEGO—U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested a 16-year-old boy on Sunday who was using a remote-controlled car to transport methamphetamine across the border. On Nov. 17, at about 12:30 a.m., Border Patrol agents observed a person with two duffel bags walking along the secondary border wall ducking in-and-out of the agent’s view. The agent notified […]
HOUSTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers working at the George Bush Intercontinental Airport intercepted a traveler attempting to smuggle 35 pounds of liquid cocaine in full-sized shampoo bottles, Nov. 11. Among his clothing in is checked luggage, the traveler, a Colombian citizen, was carrying 24 bottles of shampoo that contained the illicit liquid […]
SAN DIEGO — CBP officers at the San Ysidro port of entry thwarted an alleged human smuggling attempt of six Chinese nationals, who were concealed in a false wall of a moving truck. “We routinely encounter persons from all over the world attempting to enter our country illegally,” said CBP Director of Field Operations for San […]