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{{Organization | {{Organization | ||
|OrganizationName= | |OrganizationName=Customs and Border Protection | ||
|OrganizationType=Executive Department | |OrganizationType=Executive Department | ||
|Mission=U.S. Customs and Border Protection is tasked with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S., while facilitating lawful international travel and trade. It aims to secure America's borders to protect the American people and economy. | |Mission=U.S. Customs and Border Protection is tasked with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S., while facilitating lawful international travel and trade. It aims to secure America's borders to protect the American people and economy. | ||
|ParentOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | |ParentOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | ||
|TopOrganization=Department of Homeland Security | |||
|CreationLegislation=Homeland Security Act of 2002 | |CreationLegislation=Homeland Security Act of 2002 | ||
|Employees=60000 | |Employees=60000 | ||
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| alt_party = Republican Party (United States) | | alt_party = Republican Party (United States) | ||
| alt_officeholder = | | alt_officeholder = George W. Bush | ||
| alt_officeholder_sort = Bush, George | | alt_officeholder_sort = Bush, George | ||
| alt_officeholder_party = Republican Party (United States) | | alt_officeholder_party = Republican Party (United States) | ||
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| alt_officeholder = | | alt_officeholder = George W. Bush | ||
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| alt_officeholder_party = Republican Party (United States) | | alt_officeholder_party = Republican Party (United States) | ||
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CBP became an official agency of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] on March 1, 2003, combining employees from the [[Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service]] (specifically the Plant Protection Quarantine inspectors),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/safeguarding/downloads/implementation_reports/year3report.pdf|title=Safeguarding Implementation – Nearing the Finish|date=September 2003|work=[[Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service]]|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307020221/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/safeguarding/downloads/implementation_reports/year3report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|United States Immigration and Naturalization Service]] (specifically, immigration inspectors and the [[United States Border Patrol]]), and the [[United States Customs Service]]. This transformation was led by former commissioner [[Robert C. Bonner]]. | CBP became an official agency of the [[United States Department of Homeland Security]] on March 1, 2003, combining employees from the [[Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service]] (specifically the Plant Protection Quarantine inspectors),<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/safeguarding/downloads/implementation_reports/year3report.pdf|title=Safeguarding Implementation – Nearing the Finish|date=September 2003|work=[[Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service]]|publisher=[[United States Department of Agriculture]]|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-date=March 7, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120307020221/http://www.aphis.usda.gov/plant_health/safeguarding/downloads/implementation_reports/year3report.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> the [[Immigration and Naturalization Service|United States Immigration and Naturalization Service]] (specifically, immigration inspectors and the [[United States Border Patrol]]), and the [[United States Customs Service]]. This transformation was led by former commissioner [[Robert C. Bonner]]. | ||
[[W. Ralph Basham]] was nominated to the post of commissioner by President | [[W. Ralph Basham]] was nominated to the post of commissioner by President George W. Bush on June 6, 2006.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/wbasham-bio.html|title=W. Ralph Basham|website=Georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov}}</ref> Basham had 28 years of experience as a law enforcement manager, including serving as the head of the [[United States Secret Service|Secret Service]] and the [[Federal Law Enforcement Training Center]]. He had also served as the chief of staff for the [[Transportation Security Administration]]. It is the largest federal law enforcement agency and works closely with [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] (ICE), [[Drug Enforcement Administration]] (DEA), and [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (FBI). | ||
In 2007, the [[U.S. Border Patrol]] joined two units, the [[Border Patrol Tactical Unit]] (BORTAC) and the [[Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue|Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit]] (BORSTAR), to form the U.S. Border Patrol's Special Operations Group (SOG),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Border%20Patrol%20Special%20Operations%20Group.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318214228/http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Border%20Patrol%20Special%20Operations%20Group.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Special Operations Group PDF|archive-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref> headquartered in El Paso, Texas. BORTAC and BORSTAR direct their nationally dispersed assets from the SOG, providing the U.S. Border Patrol with immediate tactical and emergency response assets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/operations/special-operations|title=Special Operations – U.S. Customs and Border Protection|website=Cbp.gov|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> | In 2007, the [[U.S. Border Patrol]] joined two units, the [[Border Patrol Tactical Unit]] (BORTAC) and the [[Border Patrol, Search, Trauma and Rescue|Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue Unit]] (BORSTAR), to form the U.S. Border Patrol's Special Operations Group (SOG),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Border%20Patrol%20Special%20Operations%20Group.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160318214228/http://www.cbp.gov/sites/default/files/documents/Border%20Patrol%20Special%20Operations%20Group.pdf|url-status=dead|title=Special Operations Group PDF|archive-date=March 18, 2016}}</ref> headquartered in El Paso, Texas. BORTAC and BORSTAR direct their nationally dispersed assets from the SOG, providing the U.S. Border Patrol with immediate tactical and emergency response assets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/along-us-borders/operations/special-operations|title=Special Operations – U.S. Customs and Border Protection|website=Cbp.gov|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref> | ||