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United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security.It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, as well as enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration.
U.S. CBP Office of Field Operations agent checking the authenticity of a travel document at an international airport using a stereo microscope CBP OFO has full Border Search Authority granted by the U.S. Congress which allows officers to stop, question, inspect and examine any person or conveyance entering or exiting the United States and place those individuals violating federal law under arrest.
In 1992, the United States Border Patrol had approximately 4,139 patrol agents on the job. Attrition in the Border Patrol was normally at 5%. From 1995 to 2001 annual attrition rose to above 10%, which was a period when the Border Patrol was undergoing massive hiring. In 2002 the attrition rate climbed to 18%.
Miller joined the U.S. Customs Service as a Customs Inspector in 1993. He has held numerous leadership positions, including as assistant port director in Seattle, director of Targeting and Analysis in the Office of Intelligence and Operations Coordination and director of the National Targeting Center-Passenger.
CBP Officer Miguel Angel Delgado Jr. was convicted of injuring the victims as well as lying on an incident report, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Texas said on Thursday ...
The chief medical officer for Customs and Border Protection pressured his staff to order fentanyl lollipops for him to take to the UN General Assembly, says a whistleblower report sent to Congress.
In this role, one person would have responsibility to supervise the collection of custom duties in a particular city or region, such as the Collector of the Port of New York. For over 100 years after it was founded, the U.S. Customs Service was the primary source of funds for the entire government, paying for the country's early growth and ...
The Biden administration on Friday named U.S. Border Patrol veteran Jason Owens to lead the agency, replacing retiring chief Raul Ortiz at a time of intense political scrutiny over the ...