National Media Release

Extra Baggage Leads to Failed Human Smuggling Attempt

Release Date:

July 9, 2020

LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S.

CBP Announces June 2020 Operational Update

Release Date:

July 9, 2020

WASHINGTON — U.S.

CBP’s Autonomous Surveillance Towers Declared a Program of Record along the Southwest Border

Release Date:

July 2, 2020

WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) today announced that the Autonomous Surveillance Towers (AST) system has become a Program of Record for U.S. Border Patrol (USBP).

CBP Postpones Reopening of Trusted Traveler Programs Enrollment Centers

Release Date:

July 1, 2020

WASHINGTON — CBP decided today to postpone the previously announced reopening of Trusted Traveler Programs Enrollment Centers until at least August 10, 2020 to ensure the health and safety of program applicants.

CBP Detains Chinese Shipment of Suspected Forced Labor Products Made with Human Hair

Release Date:

July 1, 2020

A CBP officer at the Port of New York/Newark displays a Chinese hair product suspected to have been made with forced labor

CBP Implements New and Innovative U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement

Release Date:

June 30, 2020

WASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) announced today that it will implement the landmark United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) at 12:00 AM on July 1.