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U.S. agent killed, two wounded in Puerto Rico gun battle with suspected drug smugglers

A U.S. federal agent was killed and two were wounded in a gun battle with suspected drug smugglers on Thursday during an inspection of a vessel believed to be carrying drugs off the coast of Puerto Rico, U.S. officials said.

Reuters

Cocaine worth $450,000 seized from wheelchair wheels

Officers X-rayed the wheelchair and noticed an “anomaly” in all four wheels

The Independent UK

Feds: Cocaine worth $450,000 seized from wheelchair wheels

Federal authorities say customs officers at New York’s Kennedy International Airport seized $450,000 worth of cocaine from a traveler who was smuggling the drugs in the wheels of her wheelchair

The Independent UK

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Cubans, Nicaraguans drive illegal border crossings higher

U.S. authorities stopped migrants more than 230,000 times on the Mexican border in October, the third-highest month of Joe Biden’s presidency

The Independent UK

Border agency head resigns amid uptick in migrant encounters - Roll Call

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has faced criticism from immigrant advocates and Democrats over treatment of migrants at the border.

Roll Call

Biden’s border chief quits amid tension over migrant crossings

WASHINGTON — The commissioner of Customs Border Protection resigned Saturday after saying he had been pressured to step down by Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas amid a record number of migrant crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border.

Tribune News Service

Customs and Border Protection Chief Refuses to Step Down (UPDATED)

The Biden Administration has reportedly asked for Commissioner Magnus's resignation, but he has refused to go.

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US blocks more than 1,000 shipments of solar energy equipment from China over slave labor

More than 1,000 shipments of solar energy components worth hundreds of millions of dollars have piled up at U.S. ports since June under a new law banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about slave labor, according to federal customs officials and industry sources.

France 24

Exclusive-U.S. blocks more than 1,000 solar shipments over Chinese slave labor concerns

Reuters

US expected to ease Esta ban for Cuba visitors

Exclusive: Customs & Border Protection expected to ease backdated sanctions

The Independent UK

How many people die crossing the US-Mexico border?

Our nation, in numbers. USAFacts provides a comprehensive, nonpartisan view of the state of our union.

USAFacts

The ACLU and others urge border authorities to limit detention of pregnant migrants

Advocacy groups and doctors are asking U.S. Customs and Border Protection to expedite the intake proceedings for women and others who are pregnant, postpartum or nursing as well as infants.

WEKU

Federal agent killed at gun range was shot by fellow agent in role-play scenario, sources say

MIAMI — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent killed at a West Miami-Dade gun range on Wednesday was accidentally shot by a fellow agent, Miami-Dade police said on Thursday.

Miami Herald

Federal agent teaching class killed in shooting at gun range in Miami-Dade County

MIAMI — A U.S. Customs and Border Protection agent, teaching a gun instruction class at a West Miami-Dade County gun range, was shot Wednesday morning and was pronounced dead at the hospital where doctors were unable to revive him.

Miami Herald

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Reason

Don't Blame Migrants and 'Open Borders' for Fentanyl Entering the Country

U.S. citizens traveling through legal ports of entry—not undocumented immigrants—are primarily to blame for fentanyl inflows.

The Independent UK

US businesses propose hiding trade data used to trace abuse

A group of major U.S. businesses wants the government to hide key import data -- a move trade experts say would make it more difficult for Americans to link the products they buy to labor abuse overseas

The Independent UK

Biden Customs and Border boss reportedly fell asleep in key meeting

Official says critics who accused him of sleeping on the job were ‘either unfair or uninformed’ because they were not taking into account the fact that he suffers from Multiple Sclerosis

Tribune News Service

2 Russians detained on St. Lawrence Island after they arrived by boat

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Two Russians who arrived on St. Lawrence Island by boat were flown off the Bering Sea island by federal government officials this week, setting off a scramble by multiple agencies.

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Roll Call

Critic of Biden border policy in line to oversee DHS budget - Roll Call

Texas Rep. Henry Cuellar is poised to become top Democrat on Homeland Security appropriations next year, to the chagrin of progressives.

The Guardian - AU

Australian woman deported from US says border agency told her questions about abortion were policy

Madolline Gourley says a special agent in the office of professional responsibility told her the questions she was asked were in line with Customs and Border Protection procedures

The Independent UK

US Border Patrol defends asking detained Australian tourist about her abortion history

Madolline Gourley was detained at the LAX airport in June over suspicions she had breached the conditions of the visa waiver programme

Reason

Migrant Kids in Biden Administration's Tent Camp Faced Distress and Panic Attacks Because of Dysfunction

An inspector general report found poor staff training led to children languishing for weeks in an emergency tent shelter inside an Army base in Texas last year.

Miami Herald

A year after border crisis, Haitian asylum seekers face discriminatory treatment, report says

Haitians crossing the southern border of the United States without proper documentation are being subjected to arbitrary detention and discriminatory and humiliating ill treatment that amounts to race-based torture, Amnesty International says in a new report marking the first anniversary of the migration crisis at the U.S. border in Del…

Salon

New report shines light on seafood fraud

In 2019 alone, $2.4 billion worth of imported seafood was identified as illegal, unreported and unregulated

Tribune News Service

Texas sheriff probes migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida

The Bexar County Sheriff launched a criminal investigation Monday into the transfer of migrants by plane from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida’s governor, amid rising migration.

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