Latest Surge of Illegals is Significant:  Recent statistics from U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) show that illegal immigration by unaccompanied minors and family units surged significantly during the first two months of FY2016 compared to the same period in FY2015.  Penny Starr of CNS News reports that CBP revealed that unaccompanied alien children (UAC) apprehended at the U.S-Mexico border between Oct. 1 and Nov. 30, 2015 increased 106 percent compared to the same period last year, with 10,588 UACs taken into custody this year and just 5,129 last year.  Family units comprised an even larger increase, so far spiking by 173 percent in the first two months of FY2016, with a total of 12,505 apprehensions versus 4,577 in FY2015.  CBP, in spite of its own alarming numbers, reaffirmed that the Obama administration is working "aggressively" to secure the U.S. border.

TX May Seek Prison for 'Affluenza' Teen:  Texas officials announced Tuesday that they may seek adult prison for the "affluenza" teen, whose controversial defense in juvenile court that being spoiled by his parents blinded him to the consequences of a drunk-driving accident that killed four people.  Fox News reports that 18-year-old Ethan Couch, his blond hair dyed brown in an effort to disguise his identity, and his mother, Tonya, were captured in Puerto Vallarta by Mexican authorities on Monday, nearly two weeks after Couch failed to show up for a probation appointment and could not be located.  Tarrant County Sheriff Dee Anderson says it appears that the duo planned their escape and believes that they fled in late November after a video surfaced showing what appears to be Couch at a party where people were drinking alcohol.  Drinking alcohol would have violated the 10 year probation Couch received instead of a prison sentence for a June 2013 drunk-driving accident, involving a drunk 16-year-old Couch slamming his car into disabled SUV on the side of a dark road, killing four people and injuring several others.  Couch and his mother will be returned to the U.S. on Tuesday, where the teen will attend a scheduled court hearing next month to determine whether his case will be moved to adult court and his mother will face charges of hindering an apprehension.

Two Arrested on Suspicion of Planning Holiday Attacks in Belgium:  An investigation revealing "the threat of serious attacks that would target emblematic places in Brussels" during the end-of-year holidays has brought about the arrests of two people in Belgium on suspicion of planning terror attacks.  The AP reports that a source close to the investigation says that the Belgian capital's main square was one of the suspected targets.  Two male suspects were arrested following searches Sunday and Monday in the Brussels area, in which military-type training uniforms, propaganda materials from the Islamic State and computer material were seized, but no weapons or explosives were discovered.  The federal prosecution's office declined to make any more details public, but ensured that the probe was not connected to the Nov. 13 Paris attacks that killed 130 and injured hundreds more.  Belgium is one of the leading European sources for foreigners recruited to fight for the Islamic State and other extremist Islamic organizations.  The alarming information likely has the FBI and other U.S. officials on high alert for possible attacks in the U.S. during the festive New Year's holiday.