Courtesy Xochitl Mora, Annual clean-up initiative keeps Texas highways, city streets litter-free  McAllen, TX– It’s that time of the year once again! Spring has sprung and Keep McAllen Beautiful is spring cleaning the city of McAllen. Keep McAllen Beautiful (KMB) is organizing its annual Great American Clean-Up and Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off to take place on

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers continue their strong enforcement posture as they intercept travelers enrolled in the Secure Electronic Network for Travelers Rapid Inspection (SENTRI) program attempting to smuggle $109,000 in alleged cocaine. “CBP has numerous layers of enforcement and our officers will

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at eight South Texas ports of entry seized a significant amount of narcotics, unreported currency, weapons and uncovered numerous immigration violations during Fiscal Year 2018. Fiscal Year 2018 began October 1, 2017 and ended Sept. 30, 2018.  “Our frontline CBP officers continued to

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 $2 million in one enforcement action over the weekend. “I congratulate our frontline officers for their firm commitment to carry out the CBP

Courtesy Xochitl Mora, English, Spanish P.S.A.s aim to stress importance of Census, how to respond and inviting community to be a part of the Census team  (Laredo, Texas)-The City of McAllen, in partnership with the U.S. Census, has already rolled out its first of many public service announcements regarding the 2020 Census, encouraging McAllen and

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, TEXAS – As Laredo celebrated Washington’s birthday this weekend with multiple events, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers kept sharp focus on border security efforts, seizing a total of $2.3 million in cocaine, marijuana in back-to-back enforcement actions at World Trade Bridge. “While Laredo geared up

Courtesy Diego Hernandez, LAREDO, TEXAS – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers create a double play as they seize methamphetamine worth over $1.7 million in two enforcement actions on Wednesday, Feb.13. “CBP has numerous layers of enforcement and our officers will go above and beyond to keep these illicit drugs

Courtesy Richard Pauza, LAREDO, Texas – As Valentine’s Day rapidly approaches, U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s highly skilled agriculture specialists continue to dutifully examine hundreds of millions of arriving cut flower stems to ensure that plant diseases and plant pests are detected and stopped from being introduced into the United States where they could cause harm.

Courtesy Laura D. Garcia, McALLEN, Tx – The City of McAllen would like to remind residents that its Passport Division is open every second Saturday of the month. They will open Saturday, February 9. They will accept applications from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. No matter where you go, a U.S. passport will get you back

Courtesy Richard Pauza,  LAREDO, TEXAS — U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) continues to prepare for the potential arrival of thousands of people migrating in a caravan to the United States through the Southwest border.  The eight ports of entry extending from Brownsville to Del Rio that comprise the Laredo Field Office (LFO) will soon begin