...Border Patrol Selection Process CJA/214 December 06, 2010 Deborah Alsup Border Patrol Selection Process A border patrol agent is a federal law enforcement officer who prevents illegally people from entering the country. Border patrol agent’s job can be difficult and demanding; in the United States security is their main priority. Because there has been an increased in terrorist threats, keeping weapons and terrorists from crossing the border is the key priority of a border patrol. In this paper, I describe the selection process for a border patrol agent. I will also include the training process and career development programs for officers. Border patrol officer’s jobs can be overwhelming: to walk the beat and safeguard more than 5,900 miles of land boundaries and on the coast more than 1,999 of boundaries. Today the canyons, mountains, deserts and beaches of the United States are safeguard by roughly 10,000 plus border patrol agent. They patrol by helicopter, boat, all-terrain vehicle, foot, horseback, motorcycle, bike and snowmobile. The process to becoming a border patrol agent can be difficult for an individual thinking about presuming a career in this field. To eliminate amateur applicants the interview process can be complicated. It can take up to eights to complete the process from beginning to end. Border patrol prospects must be in good health, demonstrate cleverness, bravery, and speak a foreign language or capable to be taught to speak bilingual. The age...
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...Geography affects the United States border security by making some borders more accessible to cross and making them more feasible spots for illegal crossings while making other borders somewhat problematic to cross. For the United States, the East and West Coasts are sometimes challenging to access due to their geography. They face towards large oceans and are often quite distant from any foreign countries. The northern and southern borders are very long land borders. These borders go through very isolated areas and can be very hard to keep order and patrol. The northern border is generally seen as a less likely spot for illegal crossings because it borders on a prosperous country instead of a poor one. These are ways in which geography determines which United States borders are most likely to be crossed illegally. Mexico’s border is smaller and can be monitored and patrolled with less ability. It also has the most activity of illegal entry with the intent to stay in the United States. I believe that terrorist enter our country from many entry points in addition to Mexico and Canada. In my opinion no one is serious about patrolling borders and stopping illegal entry simply because it’s not cost effective. Greater efforts should be made to bring Mexico, the country that is the primary source of illegal immigrants, into the planning process. The northern border poses a more severe challenge as far as border control given its length, geographic complexity, and comparative lack...
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...------------------------------------------------- Customs and Border Protection Border Patrol Agent April 18, 2014 Valance Lausch CJC 161 Intro Homeland Security April 18, 2014 Valance Lausch CJC 161 Intro Homeland Security Table of Contents Abstract …………………………………………………………………………………………..2 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………….3 CBP Mission……………………………………………………………………………………...3 Requirements and Qualifications…………………………………………………………………3 Application Process……………………………………………………………………………….4 Employment Benefits……………………………………………………………………………..4 Training…………………………………………………………………………………………...6 Hazards…………………………………………………………………………………………....6 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...7 Works Cited……………………………………………………………………………………….8 Customs and Border Protection Abstract The purpose of this report is to research a potential company that I plan to work for to evaluate and inform myself of everything that I may want to know about this company. I will be researching and reporting on the United States Customs and Border Protection Agency. I wish to become a U.S. Border Patrol agent or possibly work in another area within the U.S. CBP. I chose this profession because I wish to be a part of protecting this country and keeping the people safe. I plan to research the hiring process which may include the application method, interviews, physical fitness tests, weapons qualifications and language proficiency tests. I will also search for desired duty locations and...
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...The interdiction of illegal crossings at the borders is and will continue to be one of the top priorities for the Department of Homeland Security. At the frontline of this prevention, the United States Border Patrol, covers more than 7,500 miles of shared border and 2,000 miles of coastal waters around the Florida Peninsula and the island of Puerto Rico where every year more than 500 million travelers, 130 million vehicles and 2.5 million railcars cross into America through these shared borders (White, R., Markowski, T., & Collins, K. (2006). While most travelers within these statistics cross legally, there are those who cross illegally with illicit goods, drugs, weapons and personnel. Though most individual’s intentions are good, there’s...
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...national guards to line the border? With my current understanding of the topic, I know that nothing is free, and I would imagine that there can be an extensive process and price when it comes to apprehensions in general. Due to my understanding of the military’s mountainous budget, I would assume that militarizing anything would cost a lot, and that the militarization of the US’s southern border is not currently necessary. Of course, this is initial belief and analysis with my current background information. Further research will bolster my ability to accurately determine if the US should send national guards to line the border. Throughout the research process I would like to find out how much each apprehension costs...
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...of aircraft to border security. During World War II, aircraft was introduced into Border Patrol. This was helpful for surveillance and for the mass deportations in the 1950’s (“Border Patrol History”). In more recent years, aircraft has still been used in similar ways but has been advanced. Border Patrol uses their aircraft equipped with video, radars, and other sensor technologies to patrol the border, conduct surveillance, and to gather data ("DHS/CBP/PIA-018 Aircraft Systems"). For example, the P-3 Airborne Early Warning and Long-Range Tracker Maritime Patrol Aircraft scans 200,000 miles with sensors, detecting for...
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...since the continent itself was discovered; whether from overseas or from neighboring countries, millions have crossed the border—the 1,933-mile-long imaginary line dictated by political powers. While many immigration problems/concerns have come and gone, one remains prominent to this day, that of the Mexican migrants. At this very moment, out there through various towns and deserts alike there exists a militarized border with a country that America is not at war with all because of inflow of illegal immigrants from the other side of that border. When Mexican immigration is discussed it is often looked at from the perspective of the migrants—the victims, the intruders, the unwelcomed, the illegals—but it is rare that the point of view of the...
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...When I was in the Army we spend a lot of time competing with each other as a unit and as individual. There was this one time that my unit was deployed to help out a border patrol unit by the border of EL Paso TX. We were in a very isolate and rouged mountains region. We were guess of a rancher that allowed us to stay at his property. Well on our time off we had nothing to do, so the unit came up with this competition. That would last for 3 days, the usual stuff of playing card, horse shoes, volleyball and one 5 mile race. Well I decide to enter the 5 mile race, now for this race you had a choice of running on the dirt trail or going over the mountains. Now I most explain something, I was what the Army consider a soft MOS, meaning that I was...
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...People immigrate from their home countries in search for a better life but it has become increasingly difficult. The border patrol has purposely used the land to their advantage to make it hard for immigrants. The heat in the desert is so agonizing, as Jason described it, that even his body was “working hard to make sense of this inferno.” (de Leon, 2015) People who live by there don’t even think much about the death anymore. It’s a regular thing that they are now used to. “No one seemed to be fazed. Death lay there like a casual summer breeze.” (de Leon, 2015) I find it disturbing and unethical that most people don’t care or think about the people who die crossing the border. It’s disgusting that many Americans just think that it was...
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...I woke up my whole family and told them the new day has started. As I was waiting for Francisco to get ready papa told us to watch out because there's a border patrol that is going around town. 10 minutes later Francisco and I were on our way to school. After I drop him off at school I went to work at another school. I pulled up to the school and walked it to find out that the upstairs are trashed. When I heard this the first thing that came to my mine was more trash equals more money. As time went on I saw a border patrol drive by. My heart stop for a second and I kept on thinking to myself "papa was right." Once the truck drove by I notice that it was going towards The school that Francisco goes to. I thought to myself, " just leave, theres no one here."...
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...Border Patrol is a model law enforcement agency. Instances of corruption are rare and Border Patrol agents use lethal force seven times less than the national average” (“Integrity Advisory Panel”). The author of this particular article further insists that any investigation is futile and that BP agents should be left alone to do their job, and despite the existing misdemeanors “CBP needs to respond to real problems, not ones perceived or that are part of an agenda…Simply hiring more investigators will not solve the problem of corruption and abuse within CBP” (“Integrity Advisory Panel”). In order to deal with some of the existing flaws within the agency, an adjustment to its Use-of-Force Policy (of how the agents deal with civilians) was implemented (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/amid-criticism-border-patrol-to-change-use-of-force-policy/). The original policy came under scrutiny “after 19 reported deaths in 2012 at the hands of Border Patrol agents. No agents have been prosecuted for the killings,” as often is the case with unjustified murder of undocumented immigrant by the...
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...they argue that the benefits, such as taxes, outweigh the costs that an immigrant will incur. The idea is that an immigrant buys our products and lives in our country, which contributes to our G.D.P. On the other side of the argument, the con-immigration side argues that the immigrants steal jobs from the U.S. residents. Since immigrants can be paid cheaper wages, an employer would rather pay an immigrant than a resident. The next issue the con side has it that immigrants bring problems to America, such as cultural differences and language barriers. Not only do they bring problems, but according the con side, they cause problems as well. They argue that because there are more immigrants trying to get in the country than there are border patrol agents, they cannot protect the country like they are supposed to. Another issue the con side has is that the money the immigrants earn usually gets sent back to their families in their home countries. The final issue from the con side is that the cost of an illegal alien is more than the benefits that they bring to the U.S. The values on the pro side are culture, finances, life, and...
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...Working for a Coyote Dear Steven, Well, it’s another 24 months behind bars for you. I would like to think this time you’ll see the error of your ways and make real changes in your life. That you’ll see that there are things bigger in the world than your next score. I wonder how we turned out so different. We grew up together. We both come from middle class families. We’re first cousins. We were friends. I chose church, marriage, kids, and an education. But you chose to lie, steal, cheat, do drugs, and work for a coyote. I remember when we were younger I used to love going over to your house to swim. I remember us getting in trouble because we got caught jumping off the roof of your house and into the pool. I remember going over to grandma and grandpa’s house and playing cops and robbers with all of the cousins. How grandma ever put up with all fifteen of us I’ll never know. Grandpa would just kick our butts if we got out of line. Maybe I should have known that we would take different paths. I remember the time you went to church with my family and started singing “Delta Dawn” by country singer Tanya Tucker, in the middle of prayer. I also remember when you tried to burn your elementary school down so you wouldn’t have to go to school. And the time you got caught breaking into our dad’s work place when you were only thirteen years old. I guess the signs were there. The last time we talked was at the family get together at Christmas Eve 2012. You told me how you were sad...
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...U.S. Supreme Court UNITED STATES v. CORTEZ, 449 U.S. 411 (1981) 449 U.S. 411 UNITED STATES v. CORTEZ ET AL. CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT No. 79-404. Argued December 1, 1980 Decided January 21, 1981 Based on their discovery of sets of distinctive human footprints in the desert, Border Patrol officers deduced that on a number of occasions groups of from 8 to 20 persons had been guided by a person, whom they designated "Chevron," from Mexico across an area of desert in Arizona, known to be heavily trafficked by aliens illegally entering the country. These groups of aliens proceeded to an isolated point on a road to be picked up by a vehicle; the officers deduced the vehicle probably approached from the east and returned to the east after the pickup. They also surmised, based on the times when the distinctive tracks were discovered, that "Chevron" generally traveled on clear nights during or near weekends, and arrived at the pickup point between 2 a.m. and 6 a.m. On the basis of this information, the officers stationed themselves at a point east of the probable pickup point on a night when they believed there was a strong possibility that "Chevron" would be smuggling aliens. The officers observed a pickup truck with a camper shell suitable for carrying sizable groups pass them heading west and then observed the same vehicle return within the estimated time for making a round trip to the pickup point. The officers stopped...
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...Immigration Bailout Melissa Leal ENG/215 April 06, 2015 Charlotte Babb Immigration Bailout Immigration reform, are you informed to what is going on? I’m going to explain how neither parties are taking into consideration how this will affect our nation, how the current immigration reform is putting a strain on our country, how all this is just a political struggle to gain the most influence, and options on how to solve the issues at hand. Let me start by explaining how this personally affects me. My husband is a border patrol agent. The information that I have gathered is strictly information that I have heard from either the media or things spoken indirectly. By no means did I get my information from my husband. The reason this affects many families of homeland security is, the constant back and forth between both parties trying to come to some agreement about a budget, this has been a long-standing issue. The government shutdown happened last year; this affected many federal employees. The difference being is that homeland security workers were still required to go out and do their job without pay. They had to put their lives on the line just as American soldiers did. What I think is the people do not realize that both parties fail to solve the issue and they just put a Band-Aid on it. Then the public is informed that there has been some type of resolution. In hindsight, I was one of those people. I failed to realize the truth until it actually directly affected me....
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