CBP Border Patrol

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The CBP Border Patrol Agency was formed on May 28, 1924. Mounted watchmen of the U.S. Immigration service patrolled the border trying to prevent illegal from coming into the United States as early as 1904. They operated out of El Paso, Texas. They Patrolled all the way to West California trying to prevent illegal Chinese immigrants from entering the United States. They were called Mounted Watchmen of the U.S. Immigration Service before they changed their name to United States Border Patrol (USBP). Their original purpose was to protect the border from any illegal from crossing, but they mainly focused on the Chinese immigrants from trying to avoid the Chinese exclusion laws. Their mission is to detect and prevent illegal aliens, drugs, terrorist, and terrorist weapons, including weapons of mass destruction from entering the U.S. Their primary mission remains unchanged to detect and prevent the illegal entry of aliens into the United States with the help of other law enforcement officers. …show more content…

Their motto is honor first. USCBP is one of the biggest and largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security, it has a workforce of more than 45,600 federal agents and officers. In order to become a border patrol agent there are 7 basic qualifications you need to have. 1st you have to be a US citizen, 2nd you must possess a valid driver 's license, 3rd you must pass the CBP Border Patrol entrance examination, 4th your resume must complete and specifically describe your job duties that you want considered in the determination, 5th pass a urine drug test, 6th must be younger than 37 at the time of selection, and lastly you must appear before an oral interview panel and demonstrate that you posses the abilities and other characteristics important to Border Patrol Agent