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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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