CBP’s top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the U.S. while welcoming all legitimate travelers and commerce. CBP officers and agents enforce all applicable U.S. laws, including against illegal immigration, narcotics smuggling and illegal importation.
CBP's border security mission is led at ports of entry by CBP officers from the Office of Field Operations, along U.S. borders by agents from the United States Border Patrol and from the air and sea by agents from Air and Marine Operations. Also at ports of entry, agriculture specialists are deployed to protect U.S. agriculture from the introduction of pests or disease from overseas sources.
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Latest CBP Border Security News
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Air and Marine Operations Intercepts Maritime Smuggling Attempt Off Florida Coast
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CBP Officers at the Port of Buffalo Arrest Venezuelan Man Wanted for Attempted Murder
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Interim Chief Patrol Agent Walter N. Slosar appointed to lead El Paso Sector