The mission of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) (U.S. Border Patrol) is to "...secure America's borders; to protect the American public against terrorism and the instruments of terror; and to enforce the laws of the United States while fostering its economic security through lawful international trade and travel."1 As a component of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Border Patrol comprises approximately 20,000 agents that work at and around U.S. borders in an effort to keep Americans safe. The U.S. Border Patrol patrols the United States' southern border from Texas to California, all of the Floridian border continuing along the Louisiana (the gulf coast) border and the Caribbean Ramey sector of Puerto Rico. To the north, U.S. Border Patrol patrols the U.S. border from Washington to Maine.
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