An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer was shot late Saturday night during an attempted robbery at a park in New York City, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed Sunday.The shooting happened shortly after 11:50 p.

Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said Monday the second suspect in an attempted robbery of a United States Customs

An off-duty U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent was shot in a New York park on Saturday, footage shows. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) named Miguel Francisco Mora Nunez, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, as one of the suspects.

Border enforcement with horses has also made headlines in recent years, including agents on horseback confronting a group of Haitian migrants on the Rio Grande in Texas, as well as earlier this month as part of a recent attempted immigration sweep at Los Angeles’ MacArthur Park.

While this particular seizure involved cocaine, U.S. officials warn that fentanyl is increasingly being mixed into or disguised as other drugs, including cocaine, often without the

The Center for Biological Diversity warned that the impacted area is "one of the darkest remaining regions on the Arizona-Sonora border" and that the bright lights would end up "disrupting migratory birds, nocturnal pollinators and mammals dependent on natural light cycles."

Border Patrol agents from Champlain Station apprehended five Iranians and two Uzbekistan citizens illegally crossing the northern border, highlighting ongoing national security concerns