Sep 4, 2021 · Records from an ongoing FOIA lawsuit shed new light on the operations of CBP’s Tactical Terrorism Response Teams. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers direct vehicles reentering the U.S....

Sep 26, 2017 · Furthermore, CBP Tactical Terrorism Response Teams (TTRT) of CBP officers who are specially trained in counterterrorism response are deployed at the 46 largest POEs – including 22 POEs added in Calendar Year 2017 to conduct advanced interview training.

Sep 7, 2021 · To further this goal, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the DHS agency responsible for policing America’s borders, relies on secretive units called Tactical Terrorism Response Teams, documents from an ongoing Freedom of Information Act lawsuit reveal.

Sep 14, 2023 · Our lawsuit demands information about these CBP units, called “Tactical Terrorism Response Teams” (“TTRTs”), including how these teams operate, how their officers are trained, and whether the guidelines that govern their …

We made six recommendations to improve CBP’s controls on placing and removing lookouts and sharing U.S. citizens’ sensitive information with foreign countries. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials placed lookouts on U.S. travelers suspected of potential criminal activity.

Dec 19, 2019 · The American Civil Liberties Union has launched a lawsuit against the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency to shine a light on operations of "secret teams" the organization says has been...

Dec 19, 2019 · The American Civil Liberties Union and other civil rights groups sued Customs and Border Protection Wednesday to release records concerning units they say are deployed at airports to...

Dec 18, 2019 · While TTRTs operate largely in secret, we know from public statements by CBP officials that the teams are explicitly targeting individuals who are not on any government watchlist — as flawed as even those are — and who the government has never identified as posing a …

Nov 2, 2022 · These teams, known as Tactical Terrorism Response Teams or “TTRTs,” operate largely in secret. But CBP has publicly admitted that the teams target individuals who are not on any government watchlist, including those the government has never identified as posing a …

Sep 4, 2021 · “Within 100 miles of any U.S. land or coastal boundary, CBP can detain, question, search, and seize property with fewer restrictions than law enforcement in the interior of the country,” the Intercept recalls, adding that there are indications that some of the Tactical Terrorism Response Teams’ targeting has appeared “politically or ...