The United States Border Patrol is a federal law enforcement agency within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), a component of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It is an agency in the Department of Homeland Security that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States codified in the Immigration and Nationality Act. U.S. Customs and Border Protection has more sworn, armed law enforcement officers than any other agency in the United States.
Read more about United States Border Patrol: History, Capabilities, Expansion, Special Operations Group, Other Specialized Programs, Border Patrol Organization, Training, Awards, Border Patrol Uniform Devices, Killed in The Line of Duty, Line of Duty Deaths, Armed Incursions, Death Threats, Ramos and Compean, National Border Patrol Council, National Border Patrol Museum, Border Patrol Foundation
Famous quotes containing the words united states, united, states and/or border:
“Madam, I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody’s damn business.”
—Chester A. Arthur (1829–1886)
“The veto is a President’s Constitutional right, given to him by the drafters of the Constitution because they wanted it as a check against irresponsible Congressional action. The veto forces Congress to take another look at legislation that has been passed. I think this is a responsible tool for a president of the United States, and I have sought to use it responsibly.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“When some one remarked that, with the addition of a chaplain, it would have been a perfect Cromwellian troop, he observed that he would have been glad to add a chaplain to the list, if he could have found one who could fill that office worthily. It is easy enough to find one for the United States Army. I believe that he had prayers in his camp morning and evening, nevertheless.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Liberal hopefulness
Regards death as a mere border to an improving picture.”
—William Empson (1906–1984)