Confusion over President Donald Trump’s tariffs remains following a weekend of questions around trade in consumer electronics. On Friday the Trump administration paused its new taxes on electronics imported into the U.S. — signaling some relief from trade wars that have particularly escalated with China, a major exporter of technology from smartphones to laptops. But…
STORY: President Donald Trump’s administration granted exclusions from steep reciprocal tariffs on smartphones, computers and some other electronics imported largely from China, providing a big break to tech companies that rely on imported products. In a notice to shippers late on Friday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection published a list of tariff codes excluded from…
The Trump administration has begun revoking the legal status of migrants who entered the U.S. under a Biden administration process powered by a smartphone app formerly known as CBP One, instructing them to leave the country immediately or face arrest and deportation. During the Biden administration, more than 900,000 migrants entered the U.S. at official…
A Brazilian national living in Worcester was arrested Wednesday for his alleged role in a “large-scale” human smuggling ring to illegally move migrants across the U.S.-Mexico border and into several U.S. cities including Boston, the U.S. Attorney said. Flavio Alexandra Alves, a/k/a “Ronaldo,” 41, of Brazil, who is in the U.S. illegally and was previously…
What to know about travel bans and who they could affect Immigration law allows presidents to restrict travel into the U.S., but President Donald Trump’s bans have been more sweeping than past presidents. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers are increasingly searching electronic devices of travelers entering the country. These searches, while legal, are raising…
It was a slow day at the border wall last week for the Green Valley-Sahuarita Samaritans, but the group doesn’t see lulls in border crossers as a sign to slow down their work. Paul Nixon and Laurel Grindy of Green Valley set out from Continental Shopping Plaza making a patrol route along the border wall…
A United States Border Patrol agent pleaded guilty in federal court to having told multiple women to expose their breasts during interviews to gain admission to the country. Shane Millan, 53, was charged in August 2024 with four misdemeanor counts of deprivation of rights under color of law, according to court records reviewed by USA…
After pilot injured in New Jersey, FBI warns about pointing lasers at aircraft After pilot injured in New Jersey, FBI warns about pointing lasers at aircraft 02:22 Border Patrol aircraft have been targeted by lasers at least six times since October, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection said Tuesday. The agency said its Air and…
Illegal border crossings at lowest level in 5 years – CBS News Watch CBS News Illegal crossings along the southern border continue to decrease and are now at the lowest level they’ve been in nearly five years, according to new monthly data released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Omar Villafranca has more on what’s…
In the wooded outskirts of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, a perplexed landlord noticed odd sights at two of his rental properties. Tenants wore long black coats and parked box trucks outside the duplexes. They ran an electrical cord from one box truck into one of the condos and kept a stretcher inside another. A neighbor remembers similarly…