U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has issued a press release on its Homeland Security Investigation (HSI) to identify and confiscate counterfeit goods at a Washington Nationals game in Washington, D.C. The release states that the night netted one arrest and 180 items with a street value of $3,600.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has sent to the Office of Management and Budget a proposed rule to create a border crossing at Boquillas, Texas in the Big Bend National Park. It would be established as a Class B port of entry for immigration purposes and as a Customs station for customs purposes, under the supervision of the El Paso port of entry. CBP and the National Park service plan to partner on the construction of a joint use facility in the Big Bend National Park which will provide facility requirements to operate a border crossing.

According to CBP sources, the ACE Portal functionality enhancements that were part of M1 (e-Manifest: ocean and rail) included benefits for all ACE Portal users and were deployed on August 29 and September 6, 2011 as scheduled.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued a CSMS message announcing the issuance of Harmonized System Update 1106. This update contains 1,642 Automated Broker Interface records and 371 harmonized tariff records.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued the following news releases:

As part of the September 9 remembrance of the attacks of 9/11/2001, U.S. Customs and Border Protection has posted current CBP Commissioner Alan D. Bersin and his predecessors W. Ralph Basham and Robert Bonner's conversation about modern border security. The roundtable examined how the federal government consolidated border security into one CBP in 2003 and how threats to the nation’s homeland have evolved over the last decade. Video highlights from the DHS commemoration of the 10-year Anniversary also available under "What's New".

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has determined that the following 17 airports are suitable to accommodate flights traveling between the U.S. and Cuba:

This summary report highlights the most active textile and apparel tariff preference levels¹ from U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s “Quota Weekly Commodity Status Report.” It also lists the TRQ commodities on CBP’s weekly “TRQ/TPL Threshold to Fill List.”

U.S. Customs and Border Protection's September 28, 2011 Customs Bulletin (Vol. 45, No. 40) contains 2 notices of ruling actions:

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has issued CSMS #11-000226 on the new AM 100 Courtesy Notice of Liquidation Report for importers. This Information Notice provides instructions on locating and running the AM 100 report, as well as information on customization.