Border Patrol
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• The United States has a 2,000 mile long Mexican Border
• Originally the border patrol had no uniform
• El Paso Texas has the largest number of illegal immigrant border crossings
• Alcohol is made illegally and smuggled into the country
• Illegal and legal drugs are smuggled into the country
• INS had to deal with illegal’s smuggling drugs across the borders
• Border Patrolmen originally used to scare off immigrants
• Border patrol is an agency within the United States Customs and Border Protection
• Approximately has 11,000 agents working for the border patrol
• Help protect borders against terrorist entering the country
• The border patrol was established as early as 1904
• It was established after a spike in illegal entry into the country
• Border patrol was the parent agency to many other agencies
• Basham is the current commissioner of the customs and border protection