The U.S. Border Patrol is the mobile, uniformed arm of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) branch of the Department of Homeland Security.  The top priority of the Border patrol is to keep terrorists and weapons from entering the United States.

The Border Patrol also helps to prevent smuggled goods and illegal drugs from crossing our borders.  It identifies and arrests persons with outstanding arrest warrants and works to prevent aliens from entering the country illegally.

The Border Patrol patrols 6,000 miles of Mexican and Canadian land borders and 2,000 miles of coastal waters of Florida and Puerto Rico.  Most of the work of the Border Patrol occurs in isolated communities and remote areas along our borders.

In recent years the Border Patrol has come under fire for not being able to stop the flow of illegal aliens from crossing the Mexican border into the United States.  The federal government is struggling with this issue and has been unable to provide an effective solution through what appears to many to be an unwillingness to close our borders to undocumented aliens.

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• Border Patrol Overtime, Staffing Up Arrests Down San Francisco Chronicle
National PostBorder Patrol overtime, staffing up arrests downSan Francisco ChronicleAP Eric Gay / AP Border Patrol and US customs agents patrol along the Rio Grande near Penitas, Texas, in June. Border Patrol agents have racked up daily overtime at a cost of about 1.4 billion in the past six years while the number of arrests of AP Analysis: Border Patrol overtime rises as arrests dropPeninsula DailyBorder Patrol arrests down as OT piles upDenver PostBorder Patrol OT up as arrests dropOcalaFox News Albany Times Unionall 226 news articles raquo
• Forks Rights Group Compiles Report On West End Border Patrol Activity Penins...
Forks rights group compiles report on West End Border Patrol activityPeninsula DailyConstruction continues on a remodeling project in Port Angeles for a new US Border Patrol headquarters for the North Olympic Peninsula. The Border Patrol strength on the Peninsula now totals 42 agents. Photo by Keith Thorpe/Peninsula Daily News Smyth native rises through Border Patrol ranksSouthwest Virginia Todayall 2 news articles raquo
• Family Of Slain Border Agent Files 25M Claim Police News
USA TODAYFamily of slain border agent files 25M claimPolice NewsBrian Terry died when his special operations unit got into a shootout with border bandits in a remote canyon area in southern Ariz. Associated Press PHOENIX The family of a slain US Border Patrol agent filed a 25 million wrongful death claim Slain border agent39s family files 25M claim against USUSA TODAYFamily of Border Patrol agent Brian Terry sues US governmentCBS NewsFamily of slain Border Patrol agent files 25M wrongful death claim against Washington PostLos Angeles Times Fox Newsall 265 news articles raquo
• Border Security Spotlighted During Upcoming Public Forum Patch.com
Border Security Spotlighted During Upcoming Public ForumPatch.comCourtesty Border Patrol Those interested in learning more about Border Patrol security from agents in the field will have a chance to do so later this month during an educational community forum being held near the US Mexico boundary.
• Sex Offender Wanted In NJ Caught By US Border Patrol In New Mexico The Star...
sex offender wanted in NJ caught by US Border Patrol in New Mexico The Star Ledger NJ.comUS Border Patrol officials say 51 year old Jose Francisco Jimenez will be extradited to New Jersey to face prosecution. Agents from the Las Cruces Station were conducting immigration inspections at the Interstate 10 checkpoint on Jan. 30.and more raquo