BORTAC: Difference between revisions

The mission of BORTAC is "to respond to terrorist threats of all types anywhere in the world in order to protect our nation's homeland."<ref name="cbp.gov">{{cite web |title=BORTAC History and Overview |url=http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/special_oper/bortac/bortac_unit.xml |website=United States Customs and Border Protection |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091228113905/http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/border_security/border_patrol/special_oper/bortac/bortac_unit.xml |archive-date=28 December 2009 |date=26 December 2007}}</ref> In essence, BORTAC teams often conduct drug raids on high-value targets, as well as sometimes being attached to [[United States Border Patrol|Border Patrol]] or [[CBP Air and Marine Operations|Air and Marine Operations]] units to assist them in their duties. BORTAC does not only conduct operations on the [[Borders of the United States|U.S. border]]. BORTAC teams are often used to provide a tactical federal law enforcement capability across the country, helping with security for events such as the [[Super Bowl]], as well as being deployed to natural disaster areas to ensure that civil unrest does not break out. Additionally, BORTAC teams can be called upon to assist local law enforcement in high-profile events such as the [[1992 Los Angeles riots]], where they were part of the 1,000 riot-trained federal [[special agent]]s sent in an attempt to end the rioting in the Los Angeles region; and the [[2015 Clinton Correctional Facility escape]], where a BORTAC team inserted by helicopter shot and killed escaped prisoner [[Richard Matt]]. BORTAC has been assigned to operate in [[sanctuary cities]] to increase immigration enforcement.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last1=Dickerson|first1=Caitlin|last2=Kanno-Youngs|first2=Zolan|date=2020-02-14|title=Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html|access-date=2020-07-17|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Finally, BORTAC teams can sometimes be deployed overseas to assist and train countries in drug enforcement and border security techniques.