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More than $7.3 million in counterfeit Apple cell phone chargers were recently confiscated at the Port of Houston by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), the federal agency announced this week.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/houston/2025/05/21/521909/counterfeit-apple-phone-chargers-valued-at-7-3-million-seized-from-port-of-houston/

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Vehicle pursuits and the resulting "bailouts" played a major role in school officials' and law enforcement's response to the 2022 Robb Elementary school shooting. It leaves lasting consequences.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/05/20/521783/high-speed-chases-added-to-uvalde-shooting-chaos-chases-are-down-3-years-later-but-trauma-remains/

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection seized more than 160 grams of heroin, fentanyl and THC vape oil from a U.S. citizen's luggage at the Galveston cruise port on Sunday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/local/galveston/2025/04/23/519505/fentanyl-heroin-thc-seized-from-cruise-passengers-luggage-at-galveston-port-sunday/

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A U.S. girl traveling to Houston for brain cancer treatment was reportedly detained by federal immigration agents and deported to Mexico, along with her parents and most of her siblings. Her parents were living in Texas without legal status.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/03/13/515964/girl-deported-brain-cancer-houston-for-treatment/

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Since January, Texas area CBP officers have encountered more than 90 people attempting to import raw eggs from Mexico.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2025/02/27/514898/u-s-customs-and-border-protection-is-cracking-down-on-border-egg-smuggling/

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Immigration authorities can now enter schools, healthcare facilities and places of worship to conduct arrests, according to a new policy from the Department of Homeland Security.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2025/01/22/511570/trump-administration-strips-schools-churches-of-immigration-enforcement-protections/

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12 kilos, or roughly 26 pounds of cocaine located in a hidden compartment of a wheelchair were seized at the George Bush Intercontinental airport, U.S. Customs and Border Protection announced.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/transportation/2024/10/03/501863/more-than-26-pounds-of-cocaine-in-hidden-wheelchair-compartment-seized-from-bush-airport/

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Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, authorities said Friday, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/04/15/483546/u-s-border-arrests-decline-amid-increased-enforcement-in-mexico/

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Texas has transported over 102,000 migrants to New York, Chicago, Denver, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Records show that as of Jan. 24, the state has spent over $148 million to bus migrants to predominantly Democratic cities.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2024/02/21/478164/texas-has-spent-over-148-million-busing-migrants-to-other-parts-of-the-country/

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection finds migrant encounters along the southwest border dropped significantly in January.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/border/2024/02/15/477546/migration-along-the-u-s-mexico-border-dropped-significantly-in-january/

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USCBP Border Blockage Still Suffocating Railroads (Updated Dec. 22) –– From Our Colleagues at Railway Age http://dlvr.it/T0Vf84 #BreakingNews #USCustomsandBorderProtection

USCPB Shuts Down Eagle Pass, El Paso Rail Crossings—Again (Updated) –– From Our Colleagues at Railway Age http://dlvr.it/T0PwGS #BNSF #BreakingNews #USCustomsandBorderProtection