Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Border Security : The Role of the U. S. Border Patrol Updated May 10, 2005

By Nunez-Neto, Blas

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Title:	Crs Report for Congress Received through the Crs Web Border Security : The Role of the U. S. Border Patrol Updated May 10, 2005
Author:	Nunez-Neto, Blas
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Government Printing Office (U.S.)
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Summary: The United States Border Patrol (USBP) has a long and storied history as our nation’s first line of defense against unauthorized migration. Today, the USBP’s primary mission is to detect and prevent the entry of terrorists, weapons of mass destruction, and illegal aliens into the country, and to interdict drug smugglers and other criminals along the border. The Homeland Security Act of 2002 dissolved the Immigration and Naturalization Service and placed the USBP within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Within DHS, the USBP forms a part of the Bureau of Customs and Border Protection under the Directorate of Border and Transportation Security.

Table of Contents
Contents Background . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Organization and Composition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Evolution of the National Strategic Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 New National Border Patrol Strategy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Budget and Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 America’s Shield Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Automated Biometrics Identification System (IDENT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Apprehensions Statistics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Multiple Apprehensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Successful Illegal Entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Multiple Correlations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Southwest Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Prevention Through Deterrence In Action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SW Border Apprehensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Arizona Border Control (ABC) Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Border Safety Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Interior Repatriation Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Northern Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 U.S.-Canadian Cooperation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBET) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Northern Border Apprehensions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Northern Border Manpower . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 USBP Issues for Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 9/11 Report and the Northern Border . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Terrorist Screening and USBP Access to Watch Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Migrant Deaths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Human Smuggling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Drug Smuggling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Interior Enforcement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Integration of IDENT/IAFIS Law Enforcement Databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Coordination With Other Federal Agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Civilian Patrol Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Civilian Humanitarian Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Staffing and Training Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Agent Attrition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33