CBP Deploys Biometric Exit Tech to Washington Dulles Int’l Airport
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is deploying facial recognition biometric exit technology at Washington Dulles International Airport for one daily flight from the United States to Dubai.
The deployment builds upon a June...
CBP Air and Marine Operations Agents Rescue Boater in Distress
Marine Interdiction Agents from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Air and Marine Operations rescued a boater in distress in the Strait of Georgia on Sunday.
The agents, who are assigned to...
Man Indicted for Felony Assault, Threatening to Kill Federal Official
An illegally present Jamaica national was indicted in the Middle District of Florida May 24 on multiple felony charges for assault on a federal official as well as being an illegal...
ICE Removes Mexican National Sought for Homicide in Tijuana
A Mexican national wanted in his native country for a homicide committed almost two years ago was turned over Friday to Mexican law enforcement officials by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
“Expert Tracker” Training to Improve Operational Security at U.S. Border
Human traffickers, drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, and even potential terrorists crossing the United States border do their best to, literally, cover their tracks.
It is the responsibility of the United States Border...
Border Agents Rescue Immigrants Trapped in Refrigerated Trailer
U.S. Border Patrol agents rescued five people from a locked tractor trailer at the Falfurrias Checkpoint Thursday night.
The rescue occurred when the refrigerated tractor trailer was referred for secondary inspection after...
CBP & DHS S&T Partner with Start-Up to Improve sUAS Security
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) announced today a $199,814.31 award to Asymmetric Technologies, LLC, to enhance U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) Small Unmanned Aircraft...
New FiberPatrol Buried PIDS to Detect Intruders, Vehicles & Tunneling
Senstar, the world’s largest manufacturer of perimeter intrusion detection systems (PIDS), unveils FiberPatrol for buried perimeter detection applications.
Using a buried fiber optic cable and a centrally-located sensor unit, FiberPatrol provides covert detection...
OSI Systems to Acquire Explosive Trace Detect Business from Smiths
OSI Systems, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the global explosive trace detection (ETD) business from Smiths Group plc for $75.5 million in cash, subject to certain adjustments as of the closing...
911 Call Leads Agents to Lost Migrant in Desert (Learn More, Video)
Tucson Sector Border Patrol agents, including agents from the Border Patrol Search Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) team, rescued an undocumented migrant early Tuesday after authorities received a call from a person...
