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CBP Short-Staffed, Sending Officers to Mexican Border (Multi-Video)

By Nick Miroff, The Washington Post While lawmakers this week argued over the merits of President Trump’s $18 billion border wall and a potential government shutdown, the federal officers tasked with stopping drugs and...

Terror Concerns Prompt New TSA Cargo Restrictions (Multi-Video)

By Rene Marsh and Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN The Transportation Security Administration, citing terror concerns, is implementing a stricter screening program for air cargo arriving to the United States from five countries in...
US prosecutors have charged Fredy Renan Najera Montoya with using his position to help large-scale drug traffickers move cocaine from Columbia to Honduras, and then into the United States

DEA Unravels Drug Trafficking & Corruption by Honduran Congressman

A member of the Honduran National Congress faces U.S. charges for drug trafficking, weapons and conspiracy thanks to a DEA-led international drug investigation, federal law enforcement officials announced Friday. Honduran Congressman Fredy...

98% of United States in Compliance Ahead of REAL ID Act Deadline

As of January 22, 2018, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) will begin to enforce compliance with the Real ID Act to better protect the American people. Fifty-five out of fifty-six states...
Departments of Homeland Security and Justice Release Data for the First Time on Terrorism-Related Activity. (Image courtesy of YouTube)

3 Out of 4 Convicted of Terror, Foreign Born DHS/DOJ Reports (Learn More)

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Justice (DOJ) has released a report revealing that three out of every four, or 402, individuals convicted of international terrorism-related charges...
The man who threatened to kill fellow passengers on a Greyhound bus which led to a police chase of the vehicle that started in Wisconsin and ended in northern IL has been identified as Margarito Vargas-Rosas, 33, of IL who was in the country illegally and has been previously deported five times. (Image courtesy of YouTube)

Bus Chased by Police after Immigrant Threatens Passengers (Multi-Video)

By Nicole Darrah, Fox News An illegal immigrant on a Greyhound bus who allegedly threatened to shoot and kill passengers on Friday — leading police on a chase from Wisconsin to Illinois...
Damaso Lopez-Serrano (Image courtesy of Instagram)

DEA: Sinaloa Cartel Cell Leader ‘Mini Lic’ Convicted (Learn More, Video)

Sinaloa Cartel cell leader Damaso Lopez-Serrano, aka “Mini Lic,” pled guilty in federal court on Thursday following his self-surrender to United States law enforcement authorities at the Calexico West Port of...

DHS & USCIS DACA Update: Forms Attached for Downloading

Due to a federal court order, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has resumed accepting requests to renew a grant of deferred action under DACA. Until further notice, and unless otherwise provided...
Xavier Larduinat, Marketing & Communication manager for Innovation at Gemalto, explores this and other trends in an exclusive interview with Security Document World.

Gemalto‘s Xavier Larduinat on the Future of Borders & Digital Identities

By Planet Biotmetrics Debate around digital identity often focuses on the likelihood that it could “replace” the physical document solutions developed with much care, cost and passion by so many vendors over the...
Between Jan 2014 & May 2017, 675 jurisdictions nationwide declined to honor more than 29,000 ICE immigration detainers, releasing aliens that may put the public & ERO personnel at-risk & costing more resources to bring these individuals into ICE custody.

Resources/Support Risks ICE Missing Aliens Posing Highest Risk to Security

A new report by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) finds that U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) continues to face significant challenges with its screening...