Anna Giaritelli
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In western Arizona, over a hundred miles of new border wall is getting results
YUMA, Arizona — Dozens of construction workers labor like a bustling colony of ants — only this colony is located along a 126-mile-long portion of the United States's southern border with Mexico.
Meth bust at US-Mexico border is second largest in history
Federal customs officers working at a border crossing between California and the Mexican city of Tijuana seized 3,000 pounds of meth from a commercial truck, making it the second-largest bust in history on the United States-Mexico border.
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Meth seizures at border crossings and @CBP field offices nationwide in the first 11 months of FY 2020 are 2x higher than in all of 2019.
As of August, more than 140,000 pounds of #meth have been discovered. Last year, 69,000 pounds were discovered.
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Woman suspected of mailing ricin to Trump arrested trying to enter US from Canada
Customs and Border Protection officers in upstate New York arrested a woman attempting to enter the United States from Canada who is believed to have sent a letter containing the poison ricin to the White House last week.
US blocks imports from China’s Uighur slave camps
Department of Homeland Security officers at ports of entry nationwide are increasingly seeing items from Chinese companies that were made by children and adults forced to work against their will.
Exclusive: Tony Pham, a Saigon refugee, will take over ICE
The Department of Homeland Security is expected to name Tony H. Pham as the new leader of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Washington Examiner learned Tuesday afternoon.
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SCOOP: Tony Pham, a Saigon refugee, will take over ICE
Exclusive to @dcexaminer
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Re-fund the police: These cities will spend more on law enforcement next year
Cities and towns across the country are supporting the police by increasing spending for law enforcement next year, despite a national drive from the Left to "defund" the police.
Violence in Portland diminishes as state police take over for DHS
Violent attacks against federal buildings and police in Portland, Oregon, have diminished in the week since the Trump administration and local officials reached an agreement to increase the state police presence and pull out most Department of...
Exclusive: Trump's ICE chief Matt Albence leaving post
Matt Albence, the acting director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, will leave his post by Labor Day, the Washington Examiner has learned.
Dozens charged with federal crimes in Portland riots
Federal law enforcement in Portland has arrested 74 people and charged 60 of them with federal crimes for actions they allegedly took against federal police and facilities in the Oregon city, according to the Justice Department.
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BREAKING: Federal law enforcement in Portland arrested 74 people and charged 60 of them with federal crimes for actions they allegedly took against @DHSgov personnel and federal facilities in the Oregon city, per @KerriKupecDOJ
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Rioters barricaded DHS officers in Portland courthouse and tried to set it on fire
Rioters in Portland barricaded Department of Homeland Security law enforcement officers inside a federal courthouse while attempting to set the building on fire.
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Portland rioters barricaded @DHSgov officers inside the federal courthouse
They then tried to set it on fire
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'Not an unprecedented thing': DHS says it is in Portland to protect federal property
Amid weeks of nightly attempts to destroy a federal courthouse in downtown Portland, the bigger clash between the Trump administration and local city officials is overshadowing the initial issue of restoring peace in the Oregon city.
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SCOOP: @DHSgov has arrested 20 people in #Portland for assaulting federal law enforcement or federal property
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Local Arizona leaders tell visiting Trump his wall is working
Arizona leaders rained down praise on President Trump during a meeting by the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, touting how hundreds of miles of newly constructed barrier have boosted public safety and led to a decline in illegal crossings.
Trump initiative seized $1B worth of drugs at sea amid pandemic
A Trump administration initiative to stop drug smugglers moving narcotics from South and Central America into the United States resulted in more than $1 billion worth of drugs seized in the Caribbean and the eastern Pacific.
Cory Booker proposes allowing illegal immigrants to buy health insurance under Obamacare
Sen. Cory Booker proposed changes to federal law that would make illegal immigrants eligible for Affordable Care Act marketplace insurance plans.
Mexican drug smugglers feel pandemic pain, just like any other business
Sheriffs in southern border states say the billion-dollar business of drug smuggling is being rocked by the perfect storm of unfavorable conditions, potentially spurring higher prices in the United States as supply dries up.
Police in DC region blare PSAs, shut down basketball games, and arrest violators of lockdown orders
More than 15 million residents across the District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia were ordered Monday to stay at home, and law enforcement across the Washington metropolitan region have begun aggressively enforcing the directives.
Claim they're going shopping: Border officials allow hundreds of Mexican vehicles to cross despite Trump ban
Customs and Border Protection officials are defying the Trump administration’s directive to block all nonessential foreign travel into the United States from Mexico, allowing noncitizens claiming to be on shopping trips to continue entering,...
US and Mexico agree to block all nonessential travel at shared border, exempting trade
The Trump administration announced on Friday a ban on recreational and tourist travel at the U.S.-Mexico border as a precaution to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
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US and Mexico agree to block all nonessential travel at shared border, exempting trade
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Cuccinelli refuses to leave DHS after judge finds he was illegally appointed to his prior role there
Ken Cuccinelli said he will not leave his post as acting deputy secretary at the Department of Homeland Security following a federal judge's ruling that he was illegally appointed to lead a department agency, a position that helped qualify him for...
DHS deploys dozens of Border Patrol agents to do USCIS job of reviewing asylum claims
Seventy-five Border Patrol agents have been pulled from the field to instead do the jobs of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers and decide whether asylum seekers' initial claims are legitimate.
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75 Border Patrol agents have been pulled from the field to instead do the jobs of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services officers and decide whether asylum seekers' initial claims are legitimate
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