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20 years Flagship

NEWS - February 2005


On a Typical Day, U.S. Customs and Border Protection...

Processes more than:

  • 1.1 million passengers and pedestrians, including 724,192 aliens
  • 64,432 truck, rail, and sea containers
  • 2,639 aircraft
  • 365,079 vehicles
  • 75,734 merchandise entries, and collected $74 million in revenue

Executes more than:

  • 135 arrests at ports of entry
  • 3,179 arrests between ports of entry

Seizes an average of:

  • 2,313 pounds of narcotics in 131 narcotic seizures at our ports of entry
  • 3,634 pounds of narcotics in 24 seizures between our ports of entry
  • $205,576 in currency; 193 firearms; and $1.9 million in merchandise at our ports of entry
  • 49 vehicles between our ports of entry
  • 4,224 prohibited plant materials or animal products, including 189 significant agriculture pest interceptions at our ports of entry

Refuses entry of:

  • 1,237 non-citizens at our ports of entry
  • 54 criminal aliens attempting to enter the United States

Intercepts more than:

  • 210 fraudulent documents1
  • traveler for terrorism/national security concerns
  • 1 stowaway


Rescues more than:

  • 4 illegal crossers in dangerous conditions between our ports of entry


Deploys more than:

  • 1,200 canine enforcement teams
  • 13,400 vehicles, 85 aircraft, 75 watercraft, 130 horses on equestrian patrol and 400 all-terrain vehicles


Utilizes:

  • 265 remote video surveillance cameras
  • 11,938 underground sensors


Protects more than:

  • 5,000 miles of border with Canada
  • 1,900 miles of border with Mexico
  • 95,000 miles of shoreline


Employs approximately:

  • 40,000 employees -
    • 18,000 officers
    • 11,000 Border Patrol agents
    • 1,500 agriculture specialists

Manages:

  • 317 ports of entry
  • 20 sectors with 33 border checkpoints between the ports of entry



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