MCALLEN, Tex. — Border Patrol detention centers in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley have soared well past their capacity in recent days, prompting mass releases of migrants onto the streets as local leaders scramble to house and feed hundreds of new arrivals daily. “They’re as stressed as we are,” Jim Darling, mayor of the South Texas…
Portland OR Feb 25 2019 Following one day of trial testimony, a federal judge on Friday morning threw out a case against a 30-year-old man accused of ducking past security officials at Portland International Airport.U.S. District Judge Marco Hernandez found there was no evidence that Badr Ziti, 30, ever entered the so-called “sterile area” of the…
San Francisco CA Feb 15 2019-During the partial government shutdown, screeners at two Silicon Valley airports, San Francisco and San Jose International, moved thousands of people through security checkpoints. Operations at the airports, 35 miles apart, looked similar – uniformed officers reminding people to take off their shoes and put their laptops in plastic bins…
LOS ANGELES, CA February 11 2019— A joint drug bust between Australian and U.S. authorities in mid-January resulted in a record 1.7 tons of methamphetamine, being seized at Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport. Customs and Border Protection announced the seizure of the three containers on Thursday, which were intended to be shipped to Australia before being…
Farmington Hills MI February 1 2019 – Federal agents used a fake university in Farmington Hills to lure alleged phony foreign students who were trying to stay in the United States illegally. The University of Farmington had no staff, no instructors, no curriculum and no classes but was utilized by undercover Homeland Security agents to identify people…
“The Transportation Safety Administration released surveillance video showing an agent moving a smoking bag containing an exploding lithium-ion battery away from passengers during a panic at Orlando International Airport Friday. The TSA agent, a 20-year Army veteran, said he believed the bag to be an improvised explosive device. He placed it between a concrete column…
“The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has deployed more than 1,100 members of its workforce to help with hurricane relief efforts in some of the hardest-hit areas. About 500 employees were dispatched to assist with screening operations at impacted airports, while another 660 TSA workers volunteered to serve on the Department of Homeland Security’s “Surge Capacity…
