The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency

The United States Customs and Border Protection Agency
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The United States Customs and Border Protection AgencyThe Department of Homeland Security was created in the year 2002 when the Congress approved the Homeland Security Act that was later signed into law by President Bush (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). Homeland security plays a key role in protecting the United States homeland from acts of terrorism by managing critical entry points such as the customs department and border security. The formation of the Department of Homeland Security involved a combination of different federal security agencies whose core functions are dedicated to protecting the country and its citizens. This essay seeks to discuss the United States Customs and Border Protection as a federal agency with a homeland security function.
The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is a federal agency whose homeland security function is to ensure that the country is safe from the acts of terrorism through real-time surveillance to keep away terrorists and illegal arms (Baggett & Simpkins, 2018). Additionally, the Customs and Border Protection agency plays a key role in enhancing trade security through enforcement of policies regarding immigration and drug laws. The agency for customs and border protection is also responsible for collecting import duties for all goods entering the United States.
The United States Customs and Border Protection agency has been able to achieve considerable success due to their effectiveness in implementing border patrols.

Since the 9-11 attack, this agency has increased the number of patrol agents and built a dynamic workforce to ensure full-time border security in all types of terrain. Through line watch operations, the agency has been able to successfully prevent illegal entry of people and goods into the United States (“Border Patrol Overview | U.S. Customs and Border Protection,” 2018). Modern technology has been deployed to detect any disturbance that could signify the presence of people or vehicles at the border. As a result, the agency has been able to arrest hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants.
References
Baggett, R. K., & Simpkins, B. K. (2018). Homeland security and critical infrastructure protection. ABC-CLIO.
Border Patrol Overview | U.S. Customs and Border Protection. (2018). Retrieved from https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/overview