U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Federal authorities said Thursday that fentanyl trafficking and drug seizures are on the rise in the San Diego region, which they described as “an epicenter” of fentanyl trafficking into the United States.

In two separate incidents, officials say 224 people were detained for crossing into the United States near Imperial Beach.

The mission of U.S Customs and Border Protection’s Air and Marine Operations Unit is to save lives, which is a hard thing to do amid dangerous offshore conditions. Despite the deadly waters, CBP says they’ve seen an increase in human smuggling off San Diego’s coast, and agents blame smugglers who disregard the threat of the open ocean and prey on...

Telemundo 20’s Tania Luviano spoke with a Customs and Border Protection agent about the dangers of human smuggling in the ocean off San Diego.

The FBI said it is running down tips as it looks for the man Mexican authorities consider a suspect in the murder of a San Diego Navy veteran.

FBI agents are still searching for a man Mexican authorities turned over to the U.S. to face charges here, but who is now on the run. NBC 7’s Rory Devine has details.

Three men concealed in a non-factory compartment of an SUV were discovered at the San Ysidro Port of Entry, border agents reported Thursday.

The PedWest border crossing let a group of Ukrainians through to enter the U.S. — its first opening in two years. NBC 7’s Nicole Gomez speaks to refugees who used the pedestrian crossing.

Several Ukrainians who fled from their war-torn homeland entered U.S. soil on Wednesday as part of the first few groups to use the PedWest border crossing for the first time since it closed due to the pandemic.

NBC 7’s Madison Weil heard from volunteers and refugee families at the border waiting for their chance to get into the U.S.

A former Los Angeles police officer and U.S. Army veteran is suing U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) over an alleged sexual assault at the hands of border officers as she crossed back into the U.S. in June of 2020.

The San Diego Sector of the United States Border Patrol (CBP) has seen a considerable increase in the number of encounters linked to immigrant crossings.

Confiscations of prohibited meat products from China shipped to the Los Angeles/Long Beach seaport complex in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2022 saw a 33% increase from the same period last year.

Authorities say a man who tried to slither past U.S. border agents in California had 52 lizards and snakes hidden in his clothing

Hundreds of trucks will be going into Sofi Stadium over the next several days and they have to be checked out for anything dangerous that might be inside them.

The in-custody death of a 38-year-old Mexican national who was arrested by federal officers at the U.S.-Mexico border in Otay Mesa after allegedly sneaking into the United States was under investigation Thursday.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has been authorized to start cleaning up construction sites and close small gaps in the southern border wall nearly a year after President Joe Biden took office and ordered the building to stop

Two men who pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a fatal human smuggling attempt in a boat that stalled off the coast of La Jolla were sentenced Monday to federal prison terms.

A House panel said the vast majority of Customs and Border Protection agents who engaged in Facebook groups featuring racist and sexist posts remain on the job.

Federal immigration agents will stop making mass worksite arrest of immigrants employees suspected of living in the U.S. without legal permission