LOS ANGELES (AP) — A former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S., officials said Thursday. Diego Bonillo, 30, pleaded guilty in July to multiple charges, including conspiracy to import controlled substances such as…
(Corrects spelling of agent’s name in paragraph 11) By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The trial of a former U.S. Justice Department staffer who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s police crackdown in Washington D.C. began on Tuesday with a federal prosecutor telling a jury, “You can’t go around throwing stuff.”…
Judge admonishes ICE leader in Chicago after agents descend on Halloween parade – CBS News Watch CBS News The Border Patrol commander in charge of President Trump’s immigration crackdown in Chicago is being reined in by a federal judge. Nicole Sganga has the latest. Source link
Several Canadian snowbirds reported they were fingerprinted and photographed at the U.S. border this month when registering for their winter stay, which U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told CBC News is now standard procedure. Jacquie and Steve Ree of Ladysmith, B.C., arrived at the Peace Arch Border Crossing between Surrey, B.C., and Blaine, Wash.,…
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Salt Lake City, Utah; Denver; and Fort Myers, Florida, were hot places to settle. California lost some of its appeal. The Associated Press obtained U.S. Customs and Border Protection data by state and metropolitan area on self-reported destinations of nearly 2.5 million people who crossed the border illegally or they came…
Shielded by a cap under the 90-degree weather, Joel Smith crouched near a water barrel in a remote desert area near Arivaca Road on Monday. He twisted the lid off with ease, allowing an overflow of water to briefly trickle out. × This page requires Javascript. Javascript is required for you to be able…
[Source] A 40-year-old scientist and legal permanent resident has been detained by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection at San Francisco International Airport since July 21. Tae Heung “Will” Kim, who has lived in the U.S. since age 5, was returning from his brother’s wedding in South Korea when agents cited a 2011 misdemeanor marijuana…
Inside the rarely seen U.S. customs screening process for drugs and counterfeits – CBS News Watch CBS News The sale of counterfeit goods is estimated to cost the global economy hundreds of billions of dollars a year. U.S. Customs and Border Protection is responsible for preventing those products from entering the country. Janet Shamlian got…
Federal immigration authorities said Saturday they arrested more than 300 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally in raids Thursday on two California cannabis farm sites as protesters engaged in a tense standoff with authorities during an operation at one of the farms. One farm worker also died after sustaining injuries during one of the…
Federal immigration authorities said Friday they arrested about 200 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally in raids a day earlier on two California cannabis farm sites. Protesters engaged in a tense standoff with authorities during an operation at one of the farms. The Department of Homeland Security said in a statement that authorities…