U.S. Customs and Border Protection

The U.S. Customs & Border Protection is responsible for maintaining border security. Their primary duty is keeping terrorists and their weapons away from the U.S. homeland. The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services only responsibility is overseeing lawful immigration into the United States. The issuance of visa’s and passport is not part of their duty, but remains a responsibility of the U.S. Department of State. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement also known as ICE is responsible for…

US Customs and Border Protection agents face a myriad of challenges with ensuring the border is properly secured. A significant issue is trying to stop the smuggling and unlawful crossing of migrants over the border and controlling the flow of drugs into the country. In order for Customs and Border Protection agents to effectively perform their job, they must be able to properly inspect and search the people and property that crosses the borders on a daily basis. The Functional Equivalent of…

remove individuals who overstay their visa, violate their terms of admission, and commit crimes. Those are the best ways to find immigrants in the U.S. The cost of the U.S. customs and Border Protection are rapidly increasing,“The U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Immigration and Customs Enforcement budgets increased by nearly 80 percent to $17.1 billion in FY 2010, from $9.5 billion in FY 2005”(Fitz). But the net undocumented immigrants are still increasing over time from 10.5 billion to…

Andreas (2009), President Reagan considered drug smuggling a national security concern (p. 43). However, prior to 9/11 the same border security countermeasures and technologies existed, but the funding was not equal to what it is today (p. 167). What does open, but closed borders mean? An open border is the type allowing people to freely cross to and from. A closed border would be one restricting all movement. A combination…

problems. Immigration is a sensitive subject for most individuals but, I think it needs to be addressed. The U.S Congress enacted a law the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986. It was created to restrain the flow of illegal immigrants by penalizing employers who hire undocumented immigrants. Even though this Act was created to prevent further incidents of illegal employment in the U.S, thousands of immigrants continued to enter Texas (Practicing Texas Politics, pg. 30). The problem here…

hazardous conditions! The U.S Customs and Border Protection ordered a detention on imported products from Chinese companies for using forced labor. The arising question is how will Customs know if companies used forced labor on specific imported products? The hope is that American business will not lose business due to companies who use forced labor. It is illegal to import goods to the United States that had a part in forced labor. President Barack Obama signed a new Customs bill that would…

What does the Border wall do? Well, Border wall between the U.S and Mexico will protect American Jobs and reduce crime, crimes such as the drug deals, gang members, and attacks. The wall protects American jobs by less illegal people coming to the U.S because Mexico is sending illegal immigrants across the border. These illegal immigrants are Mexicans who are coming to America to live off government allowance or commit criminal activity. Their are millions of people cross the border. The other…

that the military plays an important role in Homeland security, however there are a few parts to the department that some might now realize are, the following is a list of some of the other departments that are also part of homeland security: Customs, Border, immigration enforcement, emergency response to natural and manmade disasters, antiterrorism, and cybersecurity.…

US Army Reserve vs. National Guard for Homeland Security and US Border Protection The recent increase in over 60, 000 unaccompanied children flooding across our southern borders, coupled with the United States inability to stop the smugglers from bring them across, points to some critical weaknesses in our Homeland Security protection. Before terrorist can exploit these weaknesses, America has to find a way to fill the gap. One possible solution to fix these gaps in our security is to use the…

the “Mexican drug war”. It has become common along the U. S./Mexico border to hear people talking about it at schools, work places and in their own neighborhoods - coworkers, classmates and neighbors whom are involved in some way or know someone that is. Violence is seen and heard of on the U.S. side of the border quite frequently which raises the questions, is it their war or ours? How did this all begin? What does the U.S. have to do with it? “For years, Mexico’s domestic supply of…