EL PASO, Texas (KVRR) – Senator John Hoeven goes to the U.S.-Mexico border to see the North Dakota National Guard’s mission to provide air support. He met with soldiers and Customs and Border Protection officials and took an aerial tour of the border. CBP reports more than 2.3 million people illegally crossed the southern border in fiscal year 2022. Drug…
WASHINGTON (KVRR) – A former Fargo police chief has been confirmed to lead the nation’s largest law enforcement agency. Chris Magnus, now the police chief in Tucson, Arizona, is the new Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The 60,000-person agency oversees the nation’s border security, trade, and travel. Magnus was approved by a vote of 50-47, with Senator Susan…
WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Joe Biden’s pick to lead US Customs and Border Protection, Chris Magnus, voiced support for the Trump-era public health order that allows for the swift expulsion of migrants during his Senate confirmation hearing Tuesday. The authority, which the Biden administration continues to use, has been criticized by immigrant advocates and Democratic lawmakers because it largely bars…
FARGO (KVRR) – U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested two Romanian nationals after they drove into the U.S. at a closed Port of Entry on March 26. According to Customs and Border Protection, agents assigned to the Portal Station were notified that a vehicle entered the United States at the Ambrose Port of Entry. CBP says agents stopped the vehicle just…
