Inside ICE: Volume 2, Issue 19

ICE, CBP Donate Seized Clothes to Hurricane Katrina Victims

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Nine fully loaded U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) tractor-trailers delivered several hundred thousand pieces of seized clothing to an American Red Cross facility in San Antonio September 9.

The clothing was donated as part of ICE's and CBP's effort to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina who have been evacuated to San Antonio. The convoy of trucks drove in from the port of El Paso, Texas, where CBP officers loaded the trucks with cartons of seized clothing over the past few days.

The donation represents the enforcement efforts of both ICE and CBP agencies within the Department of Homeland Security. The many shipments of clothing were seized at various Texas ports of entry for violations of U.S. trademark laws. Both ICE and CBP agents and officers are responsible for enforcing such laws.

San Antonio ICE Special Agent-in-Charge Al Pena and CBP Acting Port Director Celia Ridel presented the huge donation to an official with the American Red Cross. Included in the shipments were: blouses, slacks, skirts, jeans, shorts, and other apparel.

"The seized clothing items donated is the first step towards helping these victims get back on their feet," said Pena.

Several ICE and CBP agents and officers assisted in unloading the trucks at the donation site. In a similar effort Tuesday, trucks from Laredo, El Paso and Houston also delivered new clothing to the Reliant Astrodome complex in Houston to be distributed by the American Red Cross and St. Luke's Methodist Ministries to Hurricane Katrina evacuees.

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