EL PASO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers, working at the Paso Del Norte international crossing in El Paso, seized fentanyl and methamphetamine. The drugs were hidden in a bicycle being used by a 32-year-old male U.S. citizen.
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SAN DIEGO — The U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, are intensifying efforts to raise public awareness about the growing threat of “blind mule” drug and human trafficking—where unsuspecting individuals are used to…
U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro Sector arrested two United States citizens attempting to smuggle two unaccompanied children illegally into the U.S.
INDIO, Calif. – U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the El Centro…
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Homeland Security Investigations Seattle acting Special Agent in Charge Matt Murphy and acting United States Attorney Richard R. Barker announced that on April 2, a federal grand jury for the Eastern District of Washington returned an indictment charging Jonathan Michael Atkinson, age 34, with 11 criminal counts including Sex Trafficking Children, Production and Attempted Production of Child Pornography, Online Enticement of a Minor, and Forced Labor, following an ICE HSI, law enforcement partner investigation.
Texas' Harris County, which includes Houston, has joined a growing group of programs accusing the Trump administration of unlawfully freezing federal funds, writing that the administration is attempting to "starve" its refugee resettlement programs by cutting off funding already authorized by Congress.
Because of the types of cases they take on, solo practitioners, small law firms and public interest attorneys may find themselves more dramatically affected by the collective impact of recent government action involving the legal industry than even the BigLaw firms named in the executive orders, says Reuben Guttman at Guttman Buschner.
The Trump administration on Wednesday moved to recuse a California federal judge overseeing a challenge to its decision to cut funding for child migrant legal services programs, saying the judge previously worked as a managing attorney for the lead plaintiff and is therefore biased.
The Internal Revenue Service's interim leader, Melanie Krause, will stay at her post through May 15, the U.S. Treasury Department said Wednesday, after she and other officials reportedly said they would resign following an IRS agreement to share taxpayer information with immigration enforcement agencies.
The owner of a Massachusetts scrap tire facility and the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission are in the process of drafting an agreement to resolve allegations that Hispanic workers faced harassment and threats on the job, then were fired in retaliation for striking, according to a Wednesday filing.