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If President Trump is still trying to weed out government workers who are threatening to undermine his agenda from within, he might want to take a look at one of his immigration judges named Holly D’Andrea. In an interview with The New York Times (repackaged this week for The Daily podcast), D’Andrea said something that’s […]
Exclusive: CBP stops $984K worth of suspected cocaine from crossing border into Texas
Customs and Border Protection agents prevented more than $984,000 worth of suspected cocaine from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas last weekend, according to a press release obtained exclusively by Blaze News.
“Under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the southwest border stop illegal activity and facilitate lawful entry for millions of legitimate travelers into the United States,” the press release read.
'These drugs will not reach American streets thanks to the continuous vigilance of our frontline officers.'
CBP highlighted two separate incidents that the agency claimed occurred at the Laredo Field Office ports of entry.
On Friday, federal officers at the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge in Laredo referred the driver of a 2020 Nissan Frontier for a secondary inspection, which included a canine unit and a nonintrusive inspection system examination. CBP officers discovered several packages of suspected cocaine, totaling 50.75 pounds, with an estimated street value of $677,617, concealed within the vehicle, the press release said.
CBP seized the suspected narcotics, and Homeland Security Investigations special agents arrested the driver, a 56-year-old male Mexican citizen.
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The following day, CBP officers at Camino Real Bridge in Eagle Pass seized another 22.97 pounds of suspected cocaine after they referred a 53-year-old male Mexican citizen for a secondary inspection, the press release said. Federal agents discovered 13 packages of suspected narcotics, with an estimated street value of $306,723, hidden within the driver’s 2015 Toyota Camry.
He was also arrested by HSI special agents, who are investigating both incidents.
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“These back-to-back cocaine seizures at different ports of entry within the Laredo Field Office area of responsibility underscore not only the reality of the drug threat we face daily, but our officers’ keen ability to apply inspection experience and technology to take down these drug loads,” stated Donald Kusser, the director of field operations for the Laredo Field Office. “These drugs will not reach American streets thanks to the continuous vigilance of our frontline officers.”
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Americans Want Republican Leadership That Acts
Trump understood something the consultant class never did: Americans do not want timid caretakers of decline. They want leaders and fighters.House Republicans STEAMROLL obstructionist Democrats, secure ICE funding for rest of Trump's term
Democrats have worked desperately to defund or at least hinder President Donald Trump's crackdown on illegal immigration and mass deportation campaign. Their efforts have proven again to be in vain.
Last summer, congressional Republicans circumvented the various obstacles presented by their leftist colleagues, using budget reconciliation to pass the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, which included $75 billion in new funding for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and tens of billions more for other agencies within the Department of Homeland Security.
'All that Democrats have achieved by their shutdown is a useful reminder to the American people of their support for open borders.'
The war over immigration policy and funding heated up in subsequent months, featuring a pitched battle in which Democrats partially shut down the DHS for 75 days, only to then unconditionally surrender, passing funding for the DHS in the wake of the longest government shutdown in its history.
On Tuesday, Democrats were dealt another significant defeat.
Days after it was passed by the U.S. Senate in a 52-47 vote, the Secure America Act went to a vote in the House.
Ahead of the vote, the White House said in a statement, "The Secure America Act puts an end to Democrats’ political games by fully funding ICE and Border Patrol through President Trump’s term and providing the resources needed to keep our border secure, combat human trafficking, stop the flow of deadly drugs, dismantle criminal cartels, and enforce America’s immigration laws."
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"It is imperative that Congress immediately passes the Secure America Act to fully fund these critical components," said DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
"It has been more than 100 days since congressional Democrats defunded ICE and Border Patrol in a radical attempt to protect violent criminal illegal aliens and undermine President Trump’s highly successful border security agenda."
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), among the Democrats who futilely signaled their opposition to the bill, stated, "As if ripping health care and nutritional assistance in the One Big Ugly Bill wasn’t enough, Republicans have now come back for more to give ICE and Donald Trump’s violent mass deportation machine another $70 billion blank check with no oversight, no accountability, and no guardrails."
"As Democrats, we rise in strong opposition to this Republican scheme. Waste of taxpayer dollars," added Jeffries.
To Jeffries' chagrin, the Secure America Act passed in a 214-212 party-line vote.
This funding bill will allocate $38 billion to ICE, $26 billion to Customs and Border Protection, and $5 billion in additional funding to the DHS through September 2029.
Following the vote, House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) emphasized that "Washington Democrats gained **NOTHING** from their RECKLESS CRUSADE to return our country to OPEN BORDERS and UNFETTERED MASS MIGRATION. Republicans will ALWAYS stand with America's law enforcement."
"All that Democrats have achieved by their shutdown is a useful reminder to the American people of their support for open borders and keeping criminal illegal immigrants in American communities — policies that have been soundly rejected by the American people over and over again," wrote Johnson. "We hope this episode serves as a future reminder to Democrats that when they shut the government down, they will receive less than nothing in return."
President Trump is set to ratify the Secure America Act in the Oval Office on Wednesday.
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