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Add up to 18,000 Border Patrol agents
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Background
Within the Department of Homeland Security, CBP protects the Borders of the United States from terrorism, human and drug smuggling, illegal immigration, and agricultural pests while simultaneously facilitating the flow of legitimate global trade and international travel. As the nation’s single unified border agency, CBP’s mission is vitally important for the protection of the American people and the national economy. Nearly 44,000 CBP employees work in a variety of ways to secure the nation’s borders both at and between the official ports of entry and also to extend the zone of security.
CBP is responsible for guarding 7,000 miles of land border the United States shares with Canada and Mexico and 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida peninsula and off the coast of Southern California. The agency also protects 95,000 miles of maritime border in partnership with the United States Coast Guard.
To secure this vast terrain, more than 13,000 CBP Border Patrol agents and CBP Air and Marine agents, and approximately 20,000 CBP officers and agriculture specialists, together with the nation’s largest law enforcement canine program, stand guard along America’s front line.
CBP officers protect America’s borders at official ports of entry, while CBP’s Border Patrol agents prevent illegal entry into the United States of people and contraband between the ports of entry.
CBP Air and Marine, which manages the largest law enforcement air force in the world, patrols the nation’s land and sea borders to stop terrorists and drug smugglers before they enter the United States.
CBP agriculture specialists prevent the entry of exotic plant and animal pests, and confront emerging threats in agro- and bioterrorism.
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Since 2001, the Bush Administration
- Funded over 5,700 new Border Patrol agents, and acquired nearly 7,800 new detention beds;
- Provided nearly $37.5 billion to State, local, and tribal governments to enhance first responder preparedness of which $22 billion was allocated through Department grant programs. This includes a total of $25.5 billion in support related to terrorism and catastrophic preparedness events, with $16.3 billion allocated through the Department;
- Hired a workforce and deployed sufficient technology to electronically screen 100 percent of airline passengers and checked baggage;
- Strengthened marine transportation systems and the cargo supply chain through the Container Security Initiative, Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and the Maritime Transportation Security Act; and
- Awarded more than $700 million in port security grants to enhance the physical security of the Nation’s seaports.
The President’s 2008 Budget
- Increases non-defense homeland security spending by 9.5 percent Government-wide compared to 2007, excluding 2007 emergency funding and borrowing authority for interoperability grants;
- Provides $13 billion to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement, including $1 billion to construct fences and secure the Southwest border, building upon the $1.5 billion appropriated for 2006 and 2007—an unprecedented investment on the Nation's borders;
- Funds 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, which will lead to the doubling of the force by the end of 2008, provides for 950 new detention beds, and continues funding for an automated, user-friendly eligibility verification system;
- Provides $2 billion in grants for first responder preparedness—on top of $1 billion in interoperable communications grants previously authorized—and over $5 billion in funds that State, local, and tribal governments are currently spending;
- Enhances the ability to detect, identify, and track down the origins of nuclear and radiological materials;
- Strengthens FEMA by improving partnerships with States and professionalizing the national emergency management system; and
- Improves the ability to identify visitors and to assist with law enforcement and terrorism investigations by collecting 10 fingerprints (instead of the two that are currently collected and screened) at the Nation’s ports of entry.
[Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/homeland.html]
CBP is responsible for guarding 7,000 miles of land border the United States shares with Canada and Mexico and 2,000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida peninsula and off the coast of Southern California. The agency also protects 95,000 miles of maritime border in partnership with the United States Coast Guard.
To secure this vast terrain, more than 13,000 CBP Border Patrol agents and CBP Air and Marine agents, and approximately 20,000 CBP officers and agriculture specialists, together with the nation’s largest law enforcement canine program, stand guard along America’s front line.
CBP officers protect America’s borders at official ports of entry, while CBP’s Border Patrol agents prevent illegal entry into the United States of people and contraband between the ports of entry.
CBP Air and Marine, which manages the largest law enforcement air force in the world, patrols the nation’s land and sea borders to stop terrorists and drug smugglers before they enter the United States.
CBP agriculture specialists prevent the entry of exotic plant and animal pests, and confront emerging threats in agro- and bioterrorism.
see more on Wikipedia
Since 2001, the Bush Administration
- Funded over 5,700 new Border Patrol agents, and acquired nearly 7,800 new detention beds;
- Provided nearly $37.5 billion to State, local, and tribal governments to enhance first responder preparedness of which $22 billion was allocated through Department grant programs. This includes a total of $25.5 billion in support related to terrorism and catastrophic preparedness events, with $16.3 billion allocated through the Department;
- Hired a workforce and deployed sufficient technology to electronically screen 100 percent of airline passengers and checked baggage;
- Strengthened marine transportation systems and the cargo supply chain through the Container Security Initiative, Customs Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, and the Maritime Transportation Security Act; and
- Awarded more than $700 million in port security grants to enhance the physical security of the Nation’s seaports.
The President’s 2008 Budget
- Increases non-defense homeland security spending by 9.5 percent Government-wide compared to 2007, excluding 2007 emergency funding and borrowing authority for interoperability grants;
- Provides $13 billion to strengthen border security and immigration enforcement, including $1 billion to construct fences and secure the Southwest border, building upon the $1.5 billion appropriated for 2006 and 2007—an unprecedented investment on the Nation's borders;
- Funds 3,000 new Border Patrol agents, which will lead to the doubling of the force by the end of 2008, provides for 950 new detention beds, and continues funding for an automated, user-friendly eligibility verification system;
- Provides $2 billion in grants for first responder preparedness—on top of $1 billion in interoperable communications grants previously authorized—and over $5 billion in funds that State, local, and tribal governments are currently spending;
- Enhances the ability to detect, identify, and track down the origins of nuclear and radiological materials;
- Strengthens FEMA by improving partnerships with States and professionalizing the national emergency management system; and
- Improves the ability to identify visitors and to assist with law enforcement and terrorism investigations by collecting 10 fingerprints (instead of the two that are currently collected and screened) at the Nation’s ports of entry.
[Office of Management and Budget - http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2008/homeland.html]
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