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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.
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.
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%.
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.
A police recruit in Texas is now in prison after admitting he spent a year as a straw purchaser for buyers in Mexico seeking a bevy of .50-caliber bullets similar to this one held by veteran ...
1945 - In October 1945 the first L-5 observation Airplane was transferred from the US Army to US Border Patrol and pressed into service in El Paso, TX. In 1946 two more were placed in operation in El Centro and McAllen US Border Patrol Sectors. [7] 1954 - US Border Patrol Air Transportation Operations began. First flight was a C-46, N1804M ...
Aug. 21—Two tour bus drivers were arrested last week after allegedly trying to smuggle 90,000 rounds of rifle ammunition to Mexico at the El Paso border crossing. The drivers were not identified ...
Troy A. Miller is an American law enforcement official who served as the Acting Commissioner of the United States Customs and Border Protection from 2022 to 2025, a position he previously held between January and December 2021.