U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is named in 39 events across the Capture Cascade Timeline, from 2017 to 2026.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the timeline
39 events · 2016–2026 · click any marker
| Date | Event | Lanes | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-13 | ACLU Files Federal Lawsuit Against Memphis Safe Task Force Alleging Pattern of First Amendment Retaliation Against Civilians Recording Federal Immigration Enforcement
5 src Hunter Demster · Jessica Choder · American Civil Liberties Union · ACLU Foundation of Tennessee · +13 | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-08 | CBP Refund Portal Validates 47,000 IEEPA Tariff Claims as Treasury Begins Returning Estimated $166B in Unlawful Duties
4 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of the Treasury · Donald Trump · Scott Bessent | confirmed | |
| 2026-05-07 | Border Czar Homan Promises 'Mass Deportations Are Coming' at Phoenix Border Security Expo, Vows to 'Flood the Zone' in Sanctuary Jurisdictions
3 src Tom Homan · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kathy Hochul | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-14 | Canadian Mother and Autistic Daughter Detained by ICE at Texas Checkpoint Despite Valid Work Visa
4 src U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Tania Warner | confirmed | |
| 2026-03-03 | Minnesota Prosecutors Open Criminal Investigation into Border Patrol Chief Bovino Over ICE Operation Abuses
6 src Gregory Bovino · Mary Moriarty · Tom Homan · Kristi Noem · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-23 | ICE and CBP Use Free Walkie-Talkie App Zello to Power Operations
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-20 | DHS Plans Unified Biometric Matching Engine Across Agencies
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-19 | DHS Signs $1 Billion Palantir Agreement for Immigration Surveillance
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Palantir · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-14 | DHS Shutdown Begins But Immigration Enforcement Continues
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Chuck Schumer | confirmed | |
| 2026-02-11 | CBP Signs Clearview AI Contract for "Tactical Targeting" Using 60 Billion Image Database
2 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Clearview AI · Founders Fund | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-15 | ACLU Files Class Action Against ICE for Racial Profiling in Minnesota
3 src American Civil Liberties Union · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | DHS Whistleblower Leaks Personal Data of 4,500 ICE and Border Patrol Agents
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-13 | Internal Documents Reveal ICE Agents Afraid of Minneapolis Deployment After Good Shooting
2 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | CBP Agents Tackle and Detain Two U.S. Citizen Teenagers at Richfield Target Store
2 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Jonathan Aguilar Garcia · Christian Miranda Romano | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-08 | DHS Announces Operation Salvo Results in New York City
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-07 | Border Patrol Agents Pepper Spray Students at Roosevelt High School During Dismissal
3 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Roosevelt High School · Minneapolis Public Schools | confirmed | |
| 2026-01-06 | DHS Announces "Largest Immigration Operation Ever" Deploying 2,000 Agents to Minneapolis
3 src Kristi Noem · Todd Lyons · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-26 | DHS Implements Mandatory Biometric Collection for All Non-Citizens at U.S. Borders
5 src U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Kristi Noem | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | DHS Releases Year-End Report Claiming 'Most Secure Border in History' While Touting 2.5 Million Departures and Record Drug Seizures
3 src Department of Homeland Security (DHS) · Kristi Noem · Donald Trump · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-19 | Noem Increases Self-Deportation Incentive to $3,000, Promotes 'Home for the Holidays'
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | confirmed | |
| 2025-12-18 | Border Patrol Academy Reaches Highest Enrollment Since 2009 With 1,100 Trainees as Trump Administration Militarizes Enforcement Training
3 src U.S. Border Patrol · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Donald Trump · Department of Homeland Security (DHS) | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-06 | Federal Judge Rules Border Patrol Commander Bovino Lied Under Oath, Issues Sweeping Use-of-Force Injunction
6 src Judge Sara Ellis · Gregory Bovino · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-11-04 | DHS Releases Mobile Facial Recognition App for Local Police to Identify Immigration Status
3 src DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection | reported | |
| 2025-10-31 | Bovino's El Centro Deputy Daniel Parra Admits Under Oath That Border Patrol Agents Do Not Typically Work in Dense Urban Areas or Encounter Protesters
5 src Daniel Parra · Gregory Bovino · Sara Ellis · U.S. Border Patrol · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-23 | Border Patrol Commander Bovino Throws Tear Gas at Chicago Protesters, Violating Court Order
4 src Gregory Bovino · Judge Sara Ellis · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-10-22 | DHS Uses Multi-Year Reconciliation Funding to Pay 70,000 Immigration Enforcement Officers During Shutdown While 700,000 Federal Workers Go Unpaid
3 src Kristi Noem · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +3 | confirmed | |
| 2025-09-08 | ICE Launches Operation Midway Blitz in Chicago, Appoints Bovino as Commander-at-Large
5 src Gregory Bovino · Kristi Noem · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-25 | Flock Safety Admits Federal Immigration Agents Have Direct Access to Tracking Data, Pauses Pilot
3 src Flock Safety · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security | confirmed | |
| 2025-08-02 | TRAC: ICE arrests drop to ~990 per day in July 2025
4 src TRAC Syracuse University · ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2025-07-07 | Bovino Leads Military-Style Raid on MacArthur Park as Children Flee, Defies Mayor Bass
5 src Gregory Bovino · Karen Bass · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2025-03-07 | Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Rapidly in Federal Government Infrastructure
3 src Elon Musk · SpaceX · Starlink · Donald Trump · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2025-01-30 | CBP Journalist Watchlist and Border Surveillance Program Documented
3 src U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Targeted Journalists · Immigration Advocates · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2024-09-01 | Anduril Deploys 300th Autonomous Surveillance Tower at U.S.-Mexico Border
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2024-05-13 | GAO report finds former CBP Critical Incident Team personnel reassigned to Evidence Collection and Management Inquiry Teams; OPR independence compromised
3 src Government Accountability Office · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Border Patrol · CBP Office of Professional Responsibility · +1 | confirmed | |
| 2022-05-06 | CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus terminates Border Patrol Critical Incident Teams; duties transferred to Office of Professional Responsibility
6 src Chris Magnus · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Border Patrol · CBP Office of Professional Responsibility · +4 | confirmed | |
| 2022-01-24 | Ten House and Senate committee chairs request GAO audit of CBP Critical Incident Teams
3 src Bennie G. Thompson · Gary Peters · Jerrold Nadler · Richard Durbin · +10 | confirmed | |
| 2020-07-01 | CBP Awards Anduril $25 Million for Autonomous Surveillance Towers at Border
2 src Anduril Industries · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · U.S. Department of Homeland Security · Palmer Luckey | confirmed | |
| 2018-01-01 | Grayshift Secures Major Contracts with ICE, DEA, and FBI for GrayKey Technology
3 src Grayshift · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · Drug Enforcement Administration · Federal Bureau of Investigation · +2 | confirmed | |
| 2017-11-01 | Accenture delivers 58 hires for $297M ICE contract
4 src Accenture Federal Services · U.S. Customs and Border Protection · Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) · DHS Office of Inspector General · +1 | confirmed |
Network neighbors
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
18× shared
DHS (Department of Homeland Security)
13× shared
Kristi Noem
9× shared
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
7× shared
Gregory Bovino
6× shared
U.S. Border Patrol
6× shared
Donald Trump
5× shared
Government Accountability Office
3× shared
Southern Border Communities Coalition
3× shared
Tom Homan
3× shared
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
3× shared
Alex Padilla
2× shared
American Civil Liberties Union
2× shared
Anduril Industries
2× shared
CBP Office of Professional Responsibility
2× shared
Chicago Headline Club
2× shared
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
2× shared
Judge Sara Ellis
2× shared
Palmer Luckey
2× shared
Todd Lyons
2× shared
Trump Administration
2× shared
U.S. Secret Service
2× shared
ACLU Foundation of Tennessee
1× shared
Accenture Federal Services
1× shared
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