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Recent News About U.S. Customs And Border Protection
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Sonoita Station Customs and Border Protection Agents rescue 3 migrants in smuggling attempt
Agents with the US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Sonoita Station intercepted a migrant smuggling attempt on November 15, discovering three migrants in a vehicle, including one in the trunk.
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Abandoned Mexican national rescued from Rucker Canyon
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents, a local hunter, and the Mexican Consulate collaborated on November 8 to rescue a Mexican man who had been left behind by his group when he could no longer keep up.
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Agents seize 20 pounds of methamphetamine at I-19 checkpoint
Agents with the Nogales Station of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized 20 pounds of methamphetamine on November 16, according to a November 20 post on X from the CBP Tucson Sector Chief.
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Illegal migrants in the remote Pajarito Mountains area apprehended by U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents
Agents from the Nogales Station of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) apprehended migrants in the Pajarito Mountains, according to a November 18 post on X by the CBP Tucson Sector Chief.
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1,600 undocumented migrants apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week of Nov. 15
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Tucson sector apprehended 1,600 migrants during the week ending November 15, according to a post on X by Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin.
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2,300 migrants apprehended in Tucson Sector during the week of Nov 8
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents in the Tucson sector apprehended more than 2,000 migrants during the week ending November 8, according to a post on X by Chief Patrol Agent Sean McGoffin.
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2,600 migrants arrested in the Tucson sector during the week of Nov. 1
Two thousand six hundred undocumented migrants were apprehended from October 28 to November 1, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson Sector Chief's November 1 post on X. According to the CBP, agents presented 262 federal...
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Nine foreign nationals returned to Mexico after smuggling event stopped
On October 24, Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents from the Three Points Station Field Training Unit (FTU) and motorcycle unit responded to a suspected smuggling event near San Miguel.
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Cuban national arrested in human smuggling attempt
Agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson Sector apprehended a Cuban national involved in a smuggling attempt near Benson on October 13, as reported in an October 24 post on X by Tucson Sector Chief Sean McGoffin.
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2,600 migrants apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week of Oct. 25
Two thousand six hundred undocumented migrants were apprehended from October 19 to 25, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson Sector Chief's October 25 post on X. According to the CBP, agents were involved in 240 federal...
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2,400 migrants apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week of Oct. 18
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) reported that 2,400 undocumented migrants were apprehended from October 5 to October 11, according to a post by Tucson Sector Chiefs on X dated October 18.
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2,400 migrants apprehended in the Tucson sector during week of Oct. 11
Two thousand four hundred undocumented migrants were apprehended from October 5 to 11, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson Sector Chief John R. Modlin's October 11 post on X.
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Tucson CBP agents, BORSTAR rescue two injured Guatemalans
On September 27, agents from the Tucson sector of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) responded to a 911 call and found two severely injured Guatemalan nationals in the Baboquivari Mountains, according to an October 7 post on X.
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Nearly 3,000 apprehended in Tucson Sector during the week of Oct. 4
Two thousand eight hundred undocumented migrants were apprehended from September 28 to October 4, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Tucson Sector Chief John R. Modlin's October 4 post on X.
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2,400 migrants apprehended in Tucson sector for the week of Sept. 27
More than 2,000 undocumented migrants were apprehended in the Tucson sector in the week ending September 27, 2024, according to a post on X by John R. Modlin, Chief Patrol Agent for the Tucson sector.
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Over 5,000 migrants arrested in Tucson sector in first 2 weeks of September
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Sector Chief John R. Modlin announced the arrests of 2,500 migrants in the Tucson sector in the first week of the month, in a Sept. 13 post on X.
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Tucson agents with U.S. Customs and Border Protection arrest driver in human smuggling event
US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agents arrested a driver on August 25. This information comes from a post on X by Tucson Sector Chief John R. Modlin, dated September 3.
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Nearly 3,000 illegal migrants apprehended in Tucson sector
Two thousand nine hundred migrants were apprehended in the Tucson sector during the week ending August 30, according to an August 30 post on X from Tucson sector chief John R. Modlin.
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Border Patrol, Air, Marine Operations rescue wounded migrants
After a 911 call revealed that migrants shot on the Mexican side of the border had crossed into the United States, personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations worked to rescue those migrants and provide medical care. The incident occurred on August 2, according to an August 8 news release from CBP.
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Rep. Ciscomani: 'Just voted to condemn VP Harris for her failures as 'Border Czar''
U.S. Rep. Juan Ciscomani (R-Tucson) said he voted to "condemn" Vice President Kamala Harris "for her failures" in maintaining border security during the Biden-Harris administration.