Courtesy U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Truthful declarations can help avoid delays during busy summer travel season WASHINGTON – As the summer travel season is among the busiest times at international airports and ports of entry across the country, U.S. Customs and Border Protection is offering tips for travelers to adopt when arriving to the United States.

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers intercepted a noteworthy amount of hard narcotics with an estimated street value of more than $500,000 in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “Our CBP officers’ knowledge of concealment methods, combined with their use of available

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – As Laredo edges closer toward searing summer temperatures, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers maintained strict vigilance in its border security posture and seized a total of more than $783,000 in marijuana in a single enforcement action at World Trade Bridge. “Amid balmy, summer-like

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Ceremony open to all ages, faiths; to feature spiritual, educational elements  (McAllen, Texas)-After the horrors of the Holocaust, the world vowed to never let such a thing happen again.  For that reason, the City of McAllen and Temple Emanuel have joined together to host the first ever McAllen Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony,

Courtesy Mika S. Akikuni, (Laredo, Texas)-A cohort of 51 students recently graduated from Texas A&M International University’s (TAMIU) Julieta and Frank Staggs Academy of International and STEM Studies. An innovative, University-level institution on the TAMIU campus, the Academy is designed for highly gifted and motivated high school juniors and seniors focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering,

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry intercepted a significant narcotic load with an estimated street value of more than $1 million in one enforcement action. “I congratulate our frontline officers for their firm commitment to carry out the

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers this week intercepted a second large size methamphetamine load with an estimated street value of more than $3 million in one enforcement action at the World Trade Bridge. “These back-to-back seizures of large quantities of methamphetamine graphically illustrate

Courtesy Richard Pauza,   LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Laredo Port of Entry is advising that effective after midnight Wednesday, May 8 going into Thursday, all commercial bus traffic at Juarez-Lincoln Bridge will be routed topside through the bridge’s Western Canopy.  “As the Juarez-Lincoln Bridge improvement project nears completion, we want to advise the

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – With the arrival of Mother’s Day this weekend, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at South Texas ports of entry continue to conduct examinations and maintain strict vigilance to ensure that personal and commercial importations of flowers are free from insects, pests and diseases that could harm