Beginning September 8, conditionally approved Global Entry applicants will be able to complete in-person interviews at most Trusted Traveler Programs enrollment centers in the United States. Keep Reading
CBP has so far deployed facial recognition technology to 27 airports to confirm travelers' identities as they depart the United States and is in the early stages of assessing the technology for use at sea and land ports of entry. Keep Reading
The American Club has called for continued security vigilance for vessels transiting the Arabian Gulf, Straits of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Red Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Indian Ocean. Keep Reading
From March 21, to August 21, 2020, officers seized 81 firearms and over 4,000 rounds of ammunition. In comparison, during the entire fiscal year 2019, CBP officers seized 62 firearms. Keep Reading
The grants will be used to purchase aircraft rescue and firefighting equipment, construct and repair runways and taxiways, install aircraft lighting and signage, conduct airport master plan studies and install airport perimeter fencing. Keep Reading
Smiths Detection will provide its HCVT advanced X-ray scanners for use at U.S. railway checkpoints at both the northern and southern borders. Keep Reading
New research that provides the most comprehensive calculations of aviation’s impact on the climate finds that global air travel and transport is responsible for 3.5 percent of all drivers of climate change from human activities. Keep Reading
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at Washington Dulles International Airport seized ecstasy and gamma-butyrolactone (GBL) in three separate international air cargo shipments on August 30. Keep Reading
The strategy encompasses the deployment of Biometric Exit, Global Entry Modernization, and the groundwork for implementing the Simplified Arrival program. Keep Reading
The Transportation Security Administration is piloting a new touchless “self-service” technology that matches a traveler’s live photo with the photo on their ID. Keep Reading
Transportation Security Administration officers stopped three individuals from each bringing a handgun onto an airplane in a four-day span at Philadelphia International Airport. Keep Reading
GAO suggested three matters for congressional consideration in its August 31 coronavirus response update. Keep Reading
The decision holds that Temporary Protected Status (TPS) beneficiaries who travel abroad using a DHS-issued travel document under the Immigration and Nationality Act generally will retain the same immigration status on their return that they had at the time of departure. Keep Reading
Early morning on August 29, agents working at the Falfurrias Border Patrol Checkpoint referred a tractor trailer to the secondary inspection area after a Border Patrol K-9 alerted. Keep Reading
The new program will help countries establish a suitable legislative framework to regulate the collection, transmission, use, retention and sharing of passenger data. Keep Reading
UN agencies reported that some 200 refugees and migrants were in urgent need of transfer and disembarkation from the Louise Michel, a search and rescue vessel funded by the reclusive British artist Banksy. Keep Reading
With a growing need to improve the security, efficiency and accuracy of passenger and baggage screening, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is working with a small business to advance explosive detection equipment. Keep Reading
The confiscated cargo from all four vessels, totaling approximately 1.116 million barrels of petroleum, is now in U.S. custody. Keep Reading
On August 26, law enforcement and judicial authorities made 18 arrests during a coordinated operation to dismantle an organized crime group suspected of trafficking victims from Lithuania to Ireland and Northern Ireland to facilitate class A drug dealing. Keep Reading
The Alliance says foreign adversaries, including state-owned enterprises backed by the Chinese government, are using the dire circumstances of the pandemic to flood global markets with inferior steel products, including materials used in manufacturing both freight and passenger railcars. Keep Reading