US citizen alleges immigration agent in Chicago shot her from behind

Martinez’s lawyers said on Monday that they commissioned an expert to analyze bullet trajectories and her injuries – and determined Exum wasn’t in the path of her car when he opened fire. They said he had walked several feet toward her car, contrary to statements he made to the FBI, and fired off five shots in less than a second, the last from the rear side of her vehicle. 

“Charles Exum told the FBI agent on that day, within hours of the shooting, that Marimar was driving her car directly at him, that he shot her five times through the windshield, and that he ceased firing once he was no longer in the path of the vehicle,” one of her attorneys, Chris Parente, said. “Those are three objective lies that you’ll see here today.”…

 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/oct/06/chicago-citizen-shot-by-immigration-agent-lawsuit 

 

World Cup referee from Somalia barred from entering US - POLITICO

The decision comes amid concern that Trump administration policies will hamper preparations for the global sporting event...

 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/world-cup-referee-somalia-00953959

 

LIVE: Trump’s ICE Caught DELETING EVIDENCE in BOMBSHELL COURT DOCS?!

https://www.youtube.com/live/Ams4OLnDXOg

 

US tells airlines to disregard ‘X’ sex markers on passports and input ‘M’ or ‘F’ | Trump administration | The Guardian

Customs and Border Protection implemented rule this week, sending Americans with ‘X’ marker into panic

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/18/airlines-passports-x-sex-marker 

 

Rodney Scott confirmed as head of CBP by US Senate despite ‘cover-up’ claim | Trump administration | The Guardian

"We don't need to question what Mr Scott would do if given a questionable order from Donald Trump, because we already know he has a history of covering up the truth when it benefits him in a willingness to enable Donald Trump's worst impulses to target American citizens exercising their constitutional rights."…

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/18/rodney-scott-cbp-confirmation 

 

US Customs and Border Protection Quietly Revokes Protections for Pregnant Women and Infants | WIRED

CBP's acting commissioner has rescinded four Biden-era policies that aimed to protect vulnerable people in the agency's custody, including mothers, infants, and the elderly…

https://www.wired.com/story/cbp-rescinds-policies-on-care-of-pregnant-women-infants/ 

 

Trump border pick accused of ‘cover-up’ over death of man beaten by US agents

"In the hands of someone who has allegedly repeatedly abused his position of power, the vast security apparatus for which CBP is responsible could be wielded for harm," Wyden wrote in a letter to Kristi Noem, the homeland security secretary...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/29/trump-customs-border-protection-rodney-scott

 

US blocks more than 1,000 shipments of solar energy equipment from China over slave labor (France 24)

More than 1,000 shipments of solar energy components worth hundreds of millions of dollars have piled up at U.S. ports since June under a new law banning imports from China's Xinjiang region over concerns about slave labor, according to federal customs officials and industry sources.

https://www.france24.com/en/china/20221111-u-s-blocks-more-than-1-000-solar-shipments-from-china-over-slave-labor

House Oversight accuses Border Patrol of blocking investigation into secret Facebook group | TheHill

The House Oversight Committee accused U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials on Tuesday of "stonewalling" an investigation into a secret Facebook group made up of current and former Border Patrol members which contained offensive content about migrants. ....
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/483477-house-oversight-accuses-border-patrol-of-blocking-investigation-into-secret

US immigration officials bar doctors from giving flu shots to detained kids

US immigration authorities blocked doctors from giving flu vaccines to detained migrant children this week, a move that physicians say will lead to more deaths behind bars. ....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/10/us-immigration-detained-children-flu-shots

Journalist: CBP Officer Held Passport Until He Said Yes to Doing Propaganda - Newsweek

 A U.S. Customs and Border Protection official reportedly held a journalist's passport until he answered "yes" to "you write propaganda," and it's just the latest of multiple such incidents by federal officials during the Trump administration. ....
https://www.newsweek.com/journalist-passort-held-cbp-write-propaganda-1463317

“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It - ProPublica

Border Patrol agent Matthew Bowen had been investigated for years before he used his 4,000-pound truck to assault a fleeing migrant.
https://www.propublica.org/article/border-agents-hateful-career-and-the-crime-that-finally-ended-it

CBP won't say if Border Patrol chief is being investigated for joining racist Facebook group - Daily Kos

Not only is Border Patrol chief Carla Provost still in her job after it was revealed she was a member of a vile, not-so-secret Facebook group where her subordinates mocked the death of a child in their custody, Customs and Border Protection is also refusing to say whether she's among the 70 employees under investigation for their participation in the group. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/18/1872732/-CBP-won-t-say-if-Border-Patrol-chief-is-being-investigated-for-joining-racist-Facebook-group

Texas CBP agents made migrant walk with 'I like men' sign - The Hill ( CNN)

CNN has obtained emails from written by a Customs Border Protection agent who reported that other agents at an El Paso processing center sought to humiliate one migrant by making him walk around wearing a sign that read "I Like Men" in Spanish...
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/451732-texas-cbp-agents-alleged-to-try-and-shame-honduran-migrant

Secret Border Patrol group under fire for targeting migrants, Ocasio-Cortez - POLITICO

House Democrats are visiting the border and plan to confront CBP officials.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/01/secret-border-patrol-facebook-group-1392083

America's High Ideals Aren't On Display At U.S. Detention Facilities

The President's Customs and Border Protection Commissioner resigned without giving an explanation. Stephen fills in the blanks....
https://youtu.be/YIVIH9ML23Y

Hacked documents reveal sensitive details of expanding border surveillance - The Washington Post

The recent cyberattack on a U.S. Customs and Border Protection subcontractor didn’t expose just the faces and license plates of thousands of U.S. travelers. It also revealed the inner workings of a complex surveillance network that border authorities have long sought to keep secret...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/21/hacked-documents-reveal-sensitive-details-expanding-border-surveillance/

Katharine Gorka to be new spokeswoman for Customs and Border Protection - The Washington Post

As President Trump threatens massive arrests and deportations of undocumented immigrants, Customs and Border Protection is expected to name Katharine Gorka, the wife of fired Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka, as its new spokeswoman. Gorka and her husband — the combative former adviser to Trump who still vigorously defends the president — share hard-line views on national security and have made incendiary remarks about Muslims that have been seen as promoting Islamophobia.....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/katharine-gorka-to-be-new-spokeswoman-for-customs-and-border-protection/2019/06/18/84d2d92a-91fa-11e9-b570-6416efdc0803_story.html

CNN Politics: Trump told CBP head he'd pardon him if sent to jail

During President Donald Trump's visit to the border at Calexico, California, a week ago, where he told border agents to block asylum seekers from entering the US contrary to US law, the President also told the commissioner of Customs and Border Protection, Kevin McAleenan, that if he were sent to jail as a result of blocking those migrants from entering the US, the President would grant him a pardon, senior administration officials tell CNN.....
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/04/12/trump-cbp-head-pardon-immigration-law-tapper-lead-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/this-week-in-politics/

Border agents pull comedian leaving performance off Greyhound bus, accuse him of faking documents - Daily Kos

Stand-up comic Mohanad Elshieky was taking a Greyhound bus from a gig in Washington state back home to Oregon when he was harassed by Customs and Border Protection (CBP), he revealed in a viral Twitter thread, writing that agents called him an "illegal," accused him of having fake documents, and interrogated him for 20 minutes before letting him go. "To be honest, I have never felt as terrible as I did today," he said. "I have never imagined that I would have to go through this."....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1830667