U.S. Customs And Border Protection
Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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Migrant dies after exit from moving vehicle near Lukeville
An unidentified migrant was declared dead by doctors at Banner University Hospital in Phoenix on March 8, according to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (USCBP) news release dated August 6. The death followed a March 6 incident that began with a remote camera operator identifying a possible human smuggling event.
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Port of Lukeville agents make largest seizure of fentanyl in CBP history
Approximately 4,000 blue fentanyl pills, weighing more than 1,000 pounds, were seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents at Tucson’s Port of Lukeville. The CBP announced the seizure in an August 1 news release.
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Cortes: VP Harris a 'total failure' as 'so-called border czar'
League of American Workers founder Steve Cortes said Vice President Kamala Harris has been a "total failure" in her duties regarding the border by allowing open border policies and heightened illegal immigration.
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AZ State Sen. Shamp: 'Border czar' Harris is 'delusional'
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, endorsed in an X post by outgoing President Biden to replace him as presidential candidate, said in 2017 that “undocumented immigrants” are not criminals.
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Cortes: Biden's border policies 'involve the very real threats of terrorists' entering the US
Steve Cortes, president of the League of American Workers, said President Joe Biden's open border policies open the U.S. up to the "very real threats of terrorists" who enter the country illegally and pose a threat to citizens.
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Rodriguez: "This massive shipment of narcotics will not make it to American streets thanks to our CBP officers who used their intuition and all our available tools and resources to stop this smuggling attempt."
In a resolute interception, CBP officers at Pharr International Bridge thwarted a drug smuggling bid, unearthing nearly half a ton of methamphetamine cleverly concealed within a vegetable shipment.
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Southwest border crossings reach all-time high in 2022; fentanyl plagues Arizona
The number of border crossings in the Southwest in 2022 has surpassed any year on record by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), and voters are about to go to the polls with concerns about the fentanyl crisis on their minds.
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U.S. Attorney: 'The number of fentanyl seizures and fentanyl-related deaths in our district are unprecedented'
Overdose deaths in Arizona and across the U.S. have increased dramatically in the last two years. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that there were 107,622 overdose deaths in 2021.
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Kelly fails 'to match his rhetoric with action' as southern border arrests expected to reach 2 million
The U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently released their operational statistics for the month of July. In light of the number of arrests at the southern border during the agency’s fiscal year so far, analysts have expressed concern of surpassing the two million mark for the first time ever. Illicit drug seizures such as fentanyl, have also dramatically increased during fiscal year 2022 to date. Some critics have argued that Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly hasn't done enough to address the problem.
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Biden promotes open border policies as drug-related deaths and violence surge in Arizona, 'cartels ... traffic illegal drugs'
Drug addiction and crime are on the rise throughout the United States and Arizona is no exception.