Customs and border protection

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized over $17.4 million in methamphetamine from a tractor-trailer hauling a shipment of coconuts at the Mexico-Texas border. The bust is one of many involving cartels slipping drugs across the border in fresh food shipments from Mexico, which is the largest...

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recently announced it had seized nearly six tons of methamphetamine hidden in a shipment of green squash. Specially trained dogs sniffed out the drugs in the 1,419 packages of squash, the CBP said in a news release. The shipment was discovered in a...

A House GOP effort to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas failed last week as three Republicans joined Democrats in voting against what would have been the second-ever impeachment move against a Cabinet member. Some outlets called that vote a "stunning loss" for the GOP, while...

Each day, Benzinga takes a look back at a notable market-related moment that occurred on this date. What Happened: On this day in 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush announced the establishment of the Department of Homeland Security. Where The Market Was: The Dow closed around 10,021.57 and the S...

After President Donald Trump assumed the Oval Office, several controversies have surfaced over immigration into the United States. The infamous travel ban imposed by the president on nationals of seven — and then six in the second rendition of the ban — predominantly Muslim countries...