Immigration Enforcement Specialist

Border Patrol Agent Job Overview

Protect our nation's borders and communities with a rewarding career as a Border Patrol Agent.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and customs laws, inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations.


• Preventing and apprehending aliens at or near the borders by maintaining surveillance from covert positions to include using infrared scopes during night operations.


• Interpreting tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband.


• Farm checks, building checks, traffic checks, city patrols; patrolling international boundary coastal waterways using government assets like vehicles horses vessels for accomplishment USBP Mission requirements successful applicants detail U.S. CBPAcademy Artesia NM intense instruction immigration nationalitylaws law enforcement USBP-operations training driver firearms techniques proficiency Spanish language six months candidates speak read English fluent agents provided students begin assigned stations status enforce federal state local authorities required.