EDINBURG, Texas – U.S. Border Patrol agents throughout the Rio Grande Valley arrested several criminals over the past few days. On Monday morning, McAllen agents arrested a Mexican national as he illegally entered the United States near Hidalgo, Texas. During…

LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry recently seized over $600,000 in cocaine in one enforcement action. “This seizure demonstrates a great example of teamwork from…

WILMINGTON, Del., – Federal authorities seized a handgun, three magazines and 247 rounds of ammunition during a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) -led outbound inspection at the Port of Wilmington, Delaware, July 26. CBP and U.S. Coast Guard examined…

Washington, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (USFS) announced today a new strategy for managing catastrophic wildfires and the impacts of invasive species, drought, and insect and disease epidemics. Specifically, a new report titled Toward Shared…

Washington D.C. — Citigroup has agreed to pay $10.5 million in penalties in an agreement reached with the Securities and Exchange Commission to settle two enforcement actions involving its books and records, internal accounting controls, and trader supervision. The charges…

The Department of Justice and U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) have proposed a reduction for controlled substances that may be manufactured in the U.S. next year. Consistent with President Trump’s “Safe Prescribing Plan” that seeks to “cut nationwide opioid prescription…

The Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) on Friday held the investiture of 23 new immigration judges, which increases the total number of immigration judges to 351. Since the end of January 2017, 82 immigration judges have been sworn in,…

Defendants Trafficked Items that Included Fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch Handbags, Michael Kors Wallets, Hermes Belts and Chanel Perfume Earlier today, six indictments and one criminal complaint were unsealed in federal court in Brooklyn, New York, charging a total…

WASHINGTON -- The Department of Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency provided an update today on the status of identifying the remains transferred in July to the United States from North Korea. The United Nations Command recently repatriated 55 transfer cases from…

The Justice Department has reached a settlement with Mississippi Delta Community College (MDCC) to resolve allegations that MDCC discriminated against Pamela Venton on the basis of race in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as…

Also Pleaded Guilty to Illegal Reentry After Deportation and Sentenced to Six Months in Prison Raul Ernesto Landaverde-Giron, aka “Humilde,” and “Decente,” 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Peter J. Messitte to two consecutive…

The United States economy is continuing its longest streak of consecutive positive monthly job growth at 94 months, with 3.9 million jobs created since President Donald J. Trump was elected in November 2016. Although the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)…