United States Customs
| U.S. Customs and Border Protection | |
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Patch of CBP
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Racing stripe
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CBP officer badge
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| Agency overview | |
| Formed | March 1, 2003 |
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| Employees | 62,450+ (2016) |
| Annual budget | $13.56 billion (2016) |
| Legal personality | Governmental: Government agency |
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| Federal agency | U.S. |
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| Headquarters |
Ronald Reagan Building Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Federal Law Enforcement Sworn Officers | 45,741 |
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| Parent agency | U.S. Department of Homeland Security |
| Website | |
| www.cbp.gov | |
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is charged with regulating and facilitating international trade, collecting import duties, and enforcing U.S. regulations, including trade, customs, and immigration. CBP is the largest law enforcement agency in the United States. It has a workforce of more than 45,600 sworn federal agents and officers. It has its headquarters in Washington, D.C.
While its primary mission is preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, CBP is also responsible for apprehending individuals attempting to enter the United States illegally, including those with a criminal record, stemming the flow of illegal drugs and other contraband, protecting United States agricultural and economic interests from harmful pests and diseases, and protecting American businesses from intellectual property theft.
CBP has a workforce of over 58,000 employees, including officers and agents, agriculture specialists, aircraft pilots, trade specialists, mission support staff, and canine enforcement officers and agents.
There are 327 officially designated ports of entry and an additional 14 pre-clearance locations in Canada, Ireland, the Middle East, Bermuda and the Caribbean. CBP is also in charge of the Container Security Initiative, which identifies and inspects foreign cargo in its mother country before it is to be imported into the United States.
CBP assess all passengers flying into the U.S. for terrorist risk via Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) and systems such as Advance Passenger Information System (APIS), United States Visitor and Immigrant Status Indication Technology US-VISIT, and the Student and Exchange Visitor System SEVIS. CBP also works with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to screen high-risk imported food shipments in order to prevent bio-terrorism/agro-terrorism.
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