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Fifty-six scanners that can detect fentanyl in cars at border crossings will be installed due to $200 million in federal funds approved after an NBC News report. ... R-Texas, has criticized the ...
The U.S. has spent millions on high-tech scanners to spot fentanyl crossing the border, but many sit in warehouses unused because Congress hasn’t appropriated funds to install them.
Commander Joint Task Force FOUR (CJTF-4) in Key West, Commander, Joint Task Force FIVE in Alameda, California and Commander, Joint Task Force 6 in El Paso, Texas were established to direct the anti-drug surveillance efforts in the Atlantic/Caribbean, Pacific, and Mexico border areas respectively. The Joint Task Forces have been operating since ...
The Border Patrol also "encountered 530 aliens from special interest countries, which are countries the Department of State has determined to represent a potential terrorist threat to the United States." Additionally, there were over 3,500 drug seizures at southwest border checkpoints in 2008. [2]
There are over 150 federal law enforcement offices in Texas. including those for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; Customs and Border Protection; Drug Enforcement Administration; Federal Bureau of Investigation; Immigration and Customs Enforcement; United States Secret Service; Naval Criminal Investigative Service, and U.S. Marshals. [2]
Then a drug detection dog alerted to the bag. The passenger eventually signed a consent form. No cash, drugs or other contraband was found. By that time, the traveler had missed the original ...
U.S. CBP Office of Field Operations agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscope CBP OFO has full Border Search Authority granted by the U.S. Congress which allows officers to stop, question, inspect and examine any person or conveyance entering or exiting the United States and place those individuals violating federal law under arrest.
To Catch a Smuggler is a documentary television series that depicts the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) law enforcement officers at multiple United States airports. Violations include fraudulent visas, human trafficking, and transportation of contraband items.