We value and welcome the renewed collaboration and open communication with our federal partners,” Sheriff McFadden said.

A former Customs and Border Protection officer has been sentenced to 15 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to working with Mexican traffickers to bring drugs into the U.S.

The likely cause of death of a 29-year-old agent with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection who was awaiting trial on resisting arrest charges and who was involved in a high-profile arrest of a

Mecklenburg County Sheriff Garry McFadden said Thursday that U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are expected in Charlotte for an immigration operation as soon as Saturday.

In a written release last May concerning airport runway and construction projects statewide, the Metropolitan Airports Commission announced it was set to begin construction later in the year on a stand-alone U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility in St. Paul “that will improve processing of international passengers and cargo.”

Immigration advocates warn that U.S. Border Patrol officers have tended to act more aggressively during arrests than ICE agents.

The agency patrols 6,000 miles of international border between the United States, Mexico and Canada. It also watches over the 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida Peninsula and the Island of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection website.

Diego Bonillo, 31, admitted to sharing when he was working and his lane assignments at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry with a drug trafficking organization.

All eyes were on Little Village Tuesday after U.S. Customs and Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino said he was coming to the community.

CBS News and CNN have reported that border patrol could be making their way to the Queen City for an operation this month.