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Controls airport inspection designations and the fee-based access model
The U.S. border moves at airports too, quietly, through paperwork. CBP's latest technical amendment adds five airports to its user-fee list and removes Ontario, California.
Updated Yesterday
Controls port-of-entry parole decisions and tracks encounters used in DHS rationale
DHS just turned a promised “legal pathway” into a ticking clock. A Federal Register notice published December 15, 2025 terminates every Family Reunification Parole program tied to seven countries—and tells people already here that their parole will end on January 14, 2026.
Operating the CAPE refund portal
The U.S. government has never had to give back $166 billion it collected illegally — until now. On April 20, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) launched the CAPE (Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries) portal for importers to reclaim tariff payments that the Supreme Court ruled the president had no authority to collect. The first phase covers $127 billion across more than 56,000 registered importers. But the launch was rocky: the system displayed 'high volume' errors within hours of going live, with some users encountering duplicate Tax ID errors and others spending hours on hold trying to resolve account access issues before they could even file a claim. Trade attorneys warned that technical glitches are not merely annoyances — delays can cause importers to lose refund rights permanently.
Updated Apr 21
Separately funded, operations continue
The U.S. Senate passed a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding bill by voice vote at 2:20 a.m. on March 27, 2026, ending a partial shutdown that began February 14 for most agencies but excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Enforcement and Removal Operations and most U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The bill, providing back pay to 272,000 affected employees including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents, awaits House approval. On March 28, President Trump signed an executive order directing DHS to pay 61,000 TSA officers using available funds, addressing massive airport delays from over 500 quits and high callouts during spring break. TSA officers began receiving paychecks on March 30 as the shutdown reached 45 days, the longest partial government shutdown in U.S. history.
Updated Mar 30
Partner agency in operation
From December 4, 2025, to February 12, 2026, Minneapolis became the testing ground for the largest federal immigration enforcement operation in American history. Operation Metro Surge deployed 2,000 agents to the Twin Cities, resulting in over 4,000 arrests—and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal officers. On February 12, White House border czar Tom Homan announced the operation's conclusion, declaring Minnesota 'now less of a sanctuary state.'
Updated Feb 12
Border Patrol agents involved in Pretti shooting
A brief three-day partial government shutdown ended February 3 when the House passed the Senate's split funding package 217-214 and President Trump signed it into law, providing full-year appropriations for five agencies through September while extending Department of Homeland Security (DHS) funding via a two-week continuing resolution through February 13. The shutdown stemmed from Senate Democrats blocking a $1.2 trillion spending package on January 29 after two fatal shootings by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol agents in Minneapolis within three weeks, prompting President Trump and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer to negotiate the funding split.
Updated Feb 5
Agents killed Alex Pretti, facing scrutiny over Minneapolis operations
Three Minnesota congresswomen walked into a Minneapolis ICE detention center on January 10, were allowed entry, then were ordered out minutes later. They'd come to inspect conditions after an ICE agent shot 37-year-old U.S. citizen Renee Good in the head three days earlier during what the Trump administration called the largest immigration enforcement operation ever. DHS cited a seven-day notice rule that a federal judge had already blocked as illegal—a policy DHS Secretary Kristi Noem secretly signed the day after Good's killing. When Democrats sought emergency court intervention, Judge Jia Cobb refused to block the policy on January 20, ruling on procedural grounds while explicitly declining to find the policy lawful.
Updated Jan 30
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