United States border officials encountered more than 200,000 illegal immigrants during the month of May, as Title 42 immigration policies expired. On Tuesday, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency released data on their border encounters through the month of May. In total, the border agency reported 204,561 total border encounters in May. U.S….

U.S. border officials apprehended more than 200,000 illegal immigrants at the southern border during May, when Title 42 immigration policies expired, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said on June 20. The 204,561 total arrests is a 15 percent decrease from May last year, when agents apprehended 241,136. Border Patrol said 98,850 individuals illegally crossed the…

House Republicans had some harsh words for President Joe Biden as they tried to understand why his FY 2024 budget proposal for Customs and Border Protection is less than the previous year. According to the Congressional Budget Justification for the Department of Homeland Security, the FY 2024 CBP budget is $19.5 billion. This is down…

Over the past five months, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has identified more than 1,900 shipments—valued at nearly $500 million—that were suspected of containing goods made with forced labor. The vast majority of those shipments, 1,701 valued at $487 million, were identified under the Uyghur Forced Labor Protection Act (UFLPA), which took effect less…

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) will lead a contingent of four freshman congressmen in a tour of the U.S.–Mexico border on Feb. 16. Newly elected Reps. Juan Ciscomani (R-Ariz.), Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-Ore.), Jen Kiggans (R-Va.), and Derrick Van Orden (R-Wis.) will accompany McCarthy on Thursday for an aerial tour of U.S. Border Patrol’s Tucson sector…

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has encountered 2,999 Chinese nationals at the southern border so far in fiscal year 2023—a 719 percent increase year-over-year, according to CBP data released on Feb. 10. The total also exceeds the amount recorded for the entirety of fiscal year 2022 (Oct. 1, 2021–Sept. 30, 2022), during which 2,176…

In a House Committee on Oversight and Accountability fact-finding hearing on illegal immigration along the U.S. southern border, strident, accusatory, and passionate rhetoric from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle was abundant. Two U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CPB) agents gave testimony and answered questions at the hearing held on Tuesday. The hearing comes with the…

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection has recently dropped off hundreds of illegal immigrants seeking asylum at bus stops across San Diego County, according to a local county supervisor. San Diego County Supervisor Jim Desmond told The Epoch Times that on Dec. 23, border patrol agents dropped off around 200 asylum seekers—political refugees seeking shelter…

While Americans celebrate Christmas, multiple cities across the country brace for what will happen if the Supreme Court decides to end Title 42 as federal border officials report a record number of illegal immigrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border. On Dec. 23, data from U.S. Customs and Border Protection showed that, in November, the agency…

U.S. Border Patrol agents in the Del Rio Sector, Texas, encountered a group of over 700 illegal immigrants, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced on Thursday. On Dec. 8 at around 3:20 a.m., 704 illegal immigrants crossed the Rio Grande River near a local ranch at Eagle Pass, according to a CBP press release. A…