The Department of Homeland Security has implemented new rules about documentation needed at entry points, including airports and ports. ...more

January 31, 2008

After an unprecedented year of toy recalls, the Consumer Product Safety Commission is adding staff at the nation's busiest ports and pledging to work more closely with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to stop suspect imports and identify potential hazards before toys hit the market. ...more

January 8, 2008

U.S. sanctions against Cuba are more restrictive than those imposed on any other country, including Iran and North Korea, and their rigorous enforcement risks diverting government attention from higher-priority counterterrorism tasks, a new government audit has found. ...more

December 20, 2007

Some 21,000 people who should not have been allowed to enter the United States came through official border crossing points between Oct. 1, 2005, and Sept. 30, 2006, according to a government report released Monday. ...more

November 6, 2007