Diego Bonillo, 31, admitted to sharing when he was working and his lane assignments at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry with a drug trafficking organization.

In October, there were 30,561 total encounters nationwide -- the lowest start to a fiscal year ever recorded by CBP. The previous record low was 43,010 in October of FY2012, officials said. The numbers are also almost 80% lower than in October 2024, according to CBP statistics.

A Korean solar company says it will temporarily reduce pay and working hours for about 1,000 of its 3,000 employees in Georgia because U.S. customs officials have been detaining imported components needed to make solar panels.

The number of Border Patrol encounters in Arizona and the entire U.S.-Mexico border has been steadily rising since July 2025.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents seized more than $8.5 million worth of counterfeit watches and bracelets from China on their way to be sold in the Chicago area.

The number of phones probed by border agents jumped by 17 percent during the last year, with the CBP digging into more than 55,424 devices, according to statistics seen by Wired. Just a year earlier, the CBP had conducted 47,000 searches.

The Border Patrol leader who's behind an aggressive immigration crackdown across the Chicago area is applauding his agents' use of force and aggressive tactics.

CBP in El Paso seized 263.1 kilos of various drugs in one week from passenger vehicles at multiple ports of entry.

Large-scale, high-profile sporting and entertainment events pose uniquely pressing challenges for governments to overcome when protecting the safety of the event audience and participants.

Senior White House aides have reportedly been disappointed with ICE and impressed by Border Patrol’s operations in Los Angeles and Chicago, including rappelling from helicopters and leaping from unmarked trucks during raids, and believe that same approach could reinvigorate ICE’s field offices.

While the number of illegal crossings at the North Dakota and Minnesota border with Canada is dropping, U.S. authorities still fear human trafficking will lead to more deaths during the dangerous winter months.