Frontline Border Protection Officer

**Border Security Specialist**: A career in this field involves protecting America's borders from illegal entry.

• Maintaining surveillance from covert positions using infrared scopes during night operations
• Interpreting tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry

A Border Patrol Agent detects and questions people suspected of violating immigration laws. This includes inspecting documents and preventing undocumented noncitizens from entering the country. The role requires performing various checks such as farm inspections, building inspections, traffic patrols and city patrols to maintain border security.