by Chris Kromm | Dec 20, 2025 | Border Patrol, Customs and Border Patrol, Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), DHS, Gregory Bovino, ICE, ICE Raids, Immigrant Jails, immigration, Louisiana, Migrant Jails, News Analysis, North Carolina
Border Patrol’s high-profile immigration crackdowns in North Carolina and Louisiana over the last two months have brought fresh scrutiny to the hundreds of billions of dollars being spent on immigration raids and arrests under the Trump administration. The massive spending bill pushed by Trump and passed by Congress this summer increased immigration enforcement by $170 billion…
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by Brad Reed | Dec 10, 2025 | CBP, Civil Liberties, Civil Rights, Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), free speech, News, Privacy, Social Media, tourism, Trade War, trade wars, travel, Trump Administration
Visiting the US as a tourist could soon become significantly more onerous under a new plan being mulled by the Trump administration. According to a Tuesday report in the New York Times, US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) this week filed a new proposal that would force visitors to submit up to five years’ worth of social media posts for inspection before being allowed to enter the country.
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by Nicole M. Bennett | Nov 15, 2025 | AI, Artificial Intelligence, CBP, Customs and Border Protection, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), ICE, immigration, News Analysis, Palantir, self-censorship, Social Media, Surveillance, US Customs and Border Protection
When most people think about immigration enforcement, they picture border crossings and airport checkpoints. But the new front line may be your social media feed. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has published a request for information for private-sector contractors to launch a round-the-clock social media monitoring program. The request states that private contractors will be paid to…
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