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Statement by Press Secretary Jenny Burke on Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske’s Trip to Tucson

Release Date: 
April 20, 2016

WASHINGTON—U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske will be in Tucson today to meet with the Board of Directors from the National Customs Brokers and Freight Forwarders Association of America and provide remarks at the NCBFAA 42nd Annual Conference.  Topics covered will include CBPs coordination with the trade community, ongoing implementation of the Single Window/ACE and the impacts of the Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act of 2015 and Trans-Pacific Partnership on the Customs Brokerage industry.  

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Last modified: 
February 8, 2017
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