After the passage of President Trump’s domestic policy law, the Department of Homeland Security is poised to hire thousands of new immigration agents and double detention space.
Carlos Abundez, 35, is facing federal smuggling charges after U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers made the discovery. The birds, a threatened species, were in stable condition.
Carlos Abundez of San Ysidro, Calif., is charged with smuggling 14 live, bound Keel-billed toucans that the authorities said were hidden inside the dashboard of his Volkswagen Passat.
Since the beginning of June, Department of Homeland Security agents and officers have arrested nearly 2,800 immigrants in the Los Angeles area, according to the agency.
The fertile valley feeds the world. President Trump has thrown farmers and farmworkers there into turmoil, but recently offered them a glimmer of hope.
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