An aerial view of the damage left behind after Hurricane Maria is seen from a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk helicopter as AMO agents respond to the humanitarian needs More
Caribbean-based PAE maintenance staff and U.S. Air Force (USAF) personnel offload CBP Air and Marine Operations UH-60 Black Hawks from a C-5 aircraft, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. October 2, 2017. Photos by Ma More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Kevin McAleenan meets with CBP employees and surveys the damage wrought by Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, October 5, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Prote More
A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations Black Hawk crew lands in San Sebatian, Puerto Rico, to conduct a welfare check on a local family. October 7, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Protect More
Graffiti on an entrance to a community points the way directing responders toward residents in need of food and water in the wake of Hurricane Maria as U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Sector rende More
Ground views of different Border Wall Prototypes as they take shape during the Wall Prototype Construction Project near the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. Photo by: Mani Albrecht
Repair work begins on a 2 1/4 mile section of Border Fence in El Centro Sector near the Calexico West Port of Entry. Photos by Mani Albrecht U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Public Affairs Visual Co More
Construction crews stage material needed for the Santa Teresa Border Wall Replacement project near the Santa Teresa Port of Entry. The staging area also showcases a scaled down example of what the bollard style More
U.S. Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Hull from the El Paso Sector speaks to the media about the Santa Teresa Border Wall Replacement Project at a location on the U.S - Mexico border, just about a mile we More
Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen visits the San Luis II Commercial Port of Entry in Arizona. During Secretary Nielsen's visit she met with the Governor of Arizona, Doug Ducey and members fr More
Attorney General Jeff Sessions visits San Diego and addresses the media during a press conference at Friendship Park just south of Imperial Beach on the border between the United States and Mexico, May 7, 2018. More
LTG Jeffrey Buchanan, Commanding General, United States Army North/Fifth United States Army visits the San Diego Border Region accompanied by Pete Flores, Director Field Operations, San Diego Field Office, Rodn More
U.S. Air Force General Terrence J. O’Shaughnessy, Commander, United States Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command (USNORTHCOM) tours the San Ysidro Port of Entry with Pete Flores, Directo More
Marines from the U.S.Marine Corps Special Purpose Marine Air Ground Task Force Seven prepare equipment and barriers in preparation for the closure of 3 lanes at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. U.S.Marine Corps Sp More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Kevin K. McAleenan meets with Governor of Baja California Fransciso Vega de Lamadrid and Mexican Federal Police Deputy Commissioner Ricardo Aguilar prior to a tou More
U.S. Border Patrol Agents at Border Field State Park in Imperial Beach watch over personnel that are reinforcing the border fence with concertina wire. Border Patrol remains vigilant in ensuring the safety of t More
At about 3:15 a.m., CBP officials temporarily suspended processing for all northbound vehicle traffic at the border crossing, as well as northbound pedestrian processing at the Pedestrian East facility. The Pe More
Secretary of Homeland Security Kirstjen M. Nielsen holds a press conference at Border Field State Park near Imperial Beach, California, to provide an update on the ongoing border security efforts and the carava More
CBP employees from Office of Field Operations, the U.S. Border Patrol, and Air and Marine Operations execute a planned readiness exercise at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The exercise is designed to evaluate r More
Inadmissible aliens, some seeking asylum, are processed by CBP officers at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. In addition to preparations for thousands of migrants from the caravan arriving, CBP continues to process More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel along with DOD personnel secure the San Ysidro Port of Entry against attempts to illegally enter the United States from Mexico. Photos by Mani Albrecht U.S. Customs More
CBP Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez visited the San Ysidro Port of Entry and went on a ride along with Border Patrol on Tuesday. During his visit, the Deputy Commissioner was briefed on port hardening operat More
Todd Owen, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations, made a visit to the Otay Mesa Port of Entry. During his visit he observed pedestrian and vehicle processing op More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Executive Assistant Commissioner Office of Field Operations Todd Owen and U.S. Border Patrol Chief Carla Provost visit the San Ysidro Port of Entry. During their visit they o More
U.S. Border Patrol agent apprehends migrants who surrendered to him after crossing the Rio Grand River in El Paso Texas on March 18, 2019 U.S. Customs and Border Protection by Mani Albrecht
U.S. Border Patrol Agents, including members of U.S. Border Patrol's BORSTAR teams (in tactical uniforms) provide food, water and medical screening to scores of migrants at a processing center after crossing th More
03-27-2019 Kevin K. McAleenan, Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection addresses the media at a press conference in El Paso, Texas Photo by Mani Albrecht U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of P More
U.S. Border Patrol agents render medical aid to a migrant who illegally entered the U.S. in the Rio Grande Valley near McAllen, Texas, June 13, 2019. The migrant was transported to a local hospital by ambulance More
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contractors place rebar at footing of retaining walls on June 20, 2019. This project is for new border wall in the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector, which is funded by More
New Border Wall in San Diego near Imperial Beach CA.
The tunnel is around five and a half feet tall and two feet wide and 4,309 feet long, averaging 70-feet deep and had a ventilation system, electricity and a rail system designed to move large packs of drugs.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations, continues to process and inspect cargo following the implementation of Title 42 USC 265 due to the Coronavirus Pandemic, at the Otay Mesa Port of More
The safe return home to Mexico for crew members of the cruise ship Celebrity Eclipse is an example of the shared North American approach to pandemic containment. CBP in collaboration with U.S. and Mexican partn More
Passengers disembark the Celebrity Eclipse cruise ship in San Diego and are transferred by bus to San Diego International Airport where an awaiting airliner will transport them home, April 3, 2020. CBP Officers More
Agents assigned to U.S. Customs and Border Protection's (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) branch in San Diego prepare to deploy to the Gulf of Mexico region of the U.S. in advance of Hurricane Delta, Oct. 8 More
CBP Office of Field Operations Executive Assistant Commissioner William Ferrara , delivers remarks to the media at the Tucson Air Branch at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Oct. 14, 2020. CBP Acting Commis More
U.S. Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan discusses Fiscal Year 2020 enforcement results during a press conference at the Tucson Air and Marine Branch on Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in More
CBP Acting Commissioner Mark A. Morgan, delivers remarks to the media at the Tucson Air Branch at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Oct. 14, 2020. Morgan reviewed the Fiscal Year 2020 numbers, successes and More
Workers load bottled water and other provisions onto a U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations, Black Hawk as agents respond to the humanitarian needs of the people of Puerto Rico in the w More
A U.S. Border Patrol agent from the Rio Grande Sector is greeted with a handshake as he and other agents arrive to render aid to residents of Caban, Puerto Rico, as part of the the overall federal response to H More
U.S. Border Patrol agents render medical aid to migrants traveling with a group that crossed the border illegally near Sunland Park, TX. U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Mani Albrecht
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) contractors place rebar at footings of retaining walls on June 20, 2019. This project is for new border wall in the U.S. Border Patrol's San Diego Sector, which is funded b More
Agents required oxygen canisters while mapping out the tunnel.
CBP Deputy Commissioner Robert Perez, delivers remarks to the media at the Tucson Air Branch at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Oct. 14, 2020. CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan also made remarks reviewi More
Executive Assistant Commissioner of Field Operations William A. Ferrara discusses Fiscal Year 2020 enforcement results during a press conference at the Tucson Air and Marine Branch on Davis-Monthan Air Force Ba More
Air and Marine Operations Executive Director Dennis Michelini, delivers remarks to the media at the Tucson Air Branch at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona Oct. 14, 2020. CBP Acting Commissioner Mark Morgan More
U.S. Border Patrol agents from the Rio Grande Sector render aid to residents of Caban, Puerto Rico, as part of the the overall federal response to Hurricane Maria October 8, 2017. U.S. Customs and Border Protec More
A U.S. Border Patrol agent looks on as Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent Aaron Hull from the El Paso Sector speaks to the media about the Santa Teresa Border Wall Replacement Project at a location on the U.S - M More
U.S. Border Patrol Agents at Border Field State Park in San Diego watch over personnel reinforcing the border fence with concertina wire, Nov. 15, 2018. The Border Patrol remains vigilant in ensuring the safety More
U.S. Border Patrol agents, including members of U.S. Border Patrol's BORSTAR teams (in tactical uniforms) provide food, water and medical screening to scores of migrants at a processing center after crossing th More