As egg prices reach record highs, seizures at ports of entry have risen by nearly 30%, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. The spike came after an outbreak of avian flu led to the slaughter of millions of chickens across the U.

Since the start of the year, border officers in El Paso have encountered more than 90 people attempting to import eggs from Mexico.

People are trying to smuggle eggs across the southern border, authorities said, as prices continue to increase amid a shortage caused by the bird flu.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection report three more arrests of large amounts of cocaine seized at the South Texas border with Mexico. This follows a recent trend whereby Mexican drug cartel

Illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border have dropped 94% compared to last year, with U.S. Border Patrol officials attributing the decline to the Trump administration’s policies. Meanwhile, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) has intensified its efforts to target transnational criminal organizations,

As the Trump administration continues to overhaul the country’s immigration enforcement apparatus, encounters along the southern border are bottoming out