border enforcement professional

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) offers a unique opportunity for individuals to work in law enforcement as a Customs and Border Protection Officer.

CBP Officers play a vital role in safeguarding the nation's borders, enforcing customs, immigration, and agriculture laws, facilitating trade and travel, conducting inspections, determining admissibility of individuals, preventing illegal entry of people and goods, detecting smuggling attempts, collaborating with other agencies to combat threats to national security.

• Enforce all applicable federal laws at ports of entry including but not limited border stations while working independently or as part of an interagency team,
• Determine whether passengers may enter country under certain circumstances based on advance information about travelers before boarding flight such that person does not pose threat national security or public health safety reason upon arrival ground service locations within jurisdiction covered area which can include either crossing land sea air international airports seaports cargo terminals warehouses facilities along entire boundary between contiguous territory outside one when arriving vessel aircraft depart from another first point after clearing inspection where needed check stations established throughout those regions,