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CBP has a workforce of over 58,000 employees, including officers and agents, agriculture specialists, aircraft pilots, trade specialists, mission support staff, and canine enforcement officers and agents.
CBP has a workforce of over 58,000 employees, including officers and agents, agriculture specialists, aircraft pilots, trade specialists, mission support staff, and canine enforcement officers and agents.
*More than 21,180 CBP officers inspect and examine passengers and cargo at 328 ports of entry.<ref name="nyt-inside-border-patrol-2019">{{cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Manny |last2=Jordan |first2=Miriam |last3=Kanno-Youngs |first3=Zolan |last4=Dickerson |first4=Caitlin |title='People Actively Hate Us': Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.html |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15 September 2019 |date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>
*More than 21,180 CBP officers inspect and examine passengers and cargo at 328 ports of entry.<ref name="nyt-inside-border-patrol-2019">{{cite web |last1=Fernandez |first1=Manny |last2=Jordan |first2=Miriam |last3=Kanno-Youngs |first3=Zolan |last4=Dickerson |first4=Caitlin |title='People Actively Hate Us': Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=15 September 2019 |date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>
*Over 2,200 CBP agriculture specialists work to curtail the spread of harmful pests and plant and animal diseases that may harm America's farms and food supply or cause [[Bioterrorism|bio-]] and [[agro-terrorism]].
*Over 2,200 CBP agriculture specialists work to curtail the spread of harmful pests and plant and animal diseases that may harm America's farms and food supply or cause [[Bioterrorism|bio-]] and [[agro-terrorism]].
*Over 21,370 [[United States Border Patrol|Border Patrol]] agents protect and patrol {{convert|1900|mi|km}} of [[Mexico–United States border|border with Mexico]] and {{convert|5000|mi|km}} of [[Canada–United States border|border with Canada]].
*Over 21,370 [[United States Border Patrol|Border Patrol]] agents protect and patrol {{convert|1900|mi|km}} of [[Mexico–United States border|border with Mexico]] and {{convert|5000|mi|km}} of [[Canada–United States border|border with Canada]].
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In an article entitled "''DHS Decision-Making: Competence or Character?''", James Giermanski states that the fundamental problem within CBP is that the agency has weak and sometimes flawed management. He says that DHS and CBP suffer from "seriously flawed decision-making", citing the "door only" policy, radio frequency identification technology, and lack of focus on exports which contain bombs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122485/build-ci-sdlc/dhs-decision-making--competence-or-character-.html|title=Decision-Making: Competence or Character?|author=Gradijan, Dave|website=Csoonline.com|date=January 11, 2008|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>
In an article entitled "''DHS Decision-Making: Competence or Character?''", James Giermanski states that the fundamental problem within CBP is that the agency has weak and sometimes flawed management. He says that DHS and CBP suffer from "seriously flawed decision-making", citing the "door only" policy, radio frequency identification technology, and lack of focus on exports which contain bombs.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.csoonline.com/article/2122485/build-ci-sdlc/dhs-decision-making--competence-or-character-.html|title=Decision-Making: Competence or Character?|author=Gradijan, Dave|website=Csoonline.com|date=January 11, 2008|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>


The agency's practice of performing internal document checks on buses and trains running entirely within U.S. territory has been called "coercive, unconstitutional, and tainted by [[racial profiling]]".<ref>{{cite news|author=Bernstein, Nina|title=Border Sweeps in North Reach Miles Into U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/nyregion/30border.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 29, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>
The agency's practice of performing internal document checks on buses and trains running entirely within U.S. territory has been called "coercive, unconstitutional, and tainted by [[racial profiling]]".<ref>{{cite news|author=Bernstein, Nina|title=Border Sweeps in North Reach Miles Into U.S.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/30/nyregion/30border.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=August 29, 2010|access-date=April 10, 2018}}</ref>


The [[United States Court of International Trade]] found that CBP improperly classified merchandise when it had untrained chemists testifying before the court. The court found that there were errors in the laboratory reports, that CBP destroyed the evidence, and the tests used by the chemist did not meet any [[Daubert standard]]s.<ref>[https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions/Slip_op00/00-9.pdf ''THOM S. ZANI D/B/A WHOLESALE ART & FRAME LTD., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, defendant''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108205448/http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions/Slip_op00/00-9.pdf |date=January 8, 2017 }} Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref>
The [[United States Court of International Trade]] found that CBP improperly classified merchandise when it had untrained chemists testifying before the court. The court found that there were errors in the laboratory reports, that CBP destroyed the evidence, and the tests used by the chemist did not meet any [[Daubert standard]]s.<ref>[https://www.cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions/Slip_op00/00-9.pdf ''THOM S. ZANI D/B/A WHOLESALE ART & FRAME LTD., Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES, defendant''.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170108205448/http://www.cit.uscourts.gov/SlipOpinions/Slip_op00/00-9.pdf |date=January 8, 2017 }} Retrieved April 10, 2018.</ref>
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|title='People Actively Hate Us': Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis. Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter
|title='People Actively Hate Us': Inside the Border Patrol's Morale Crisis. Overwhelmed by desperate migrants and criticized for mistreating the people in their care, many agents have grown defensive, insular and bitter
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.html  
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/us/border-patrol-culture.html  
|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=15 September 2021 |date=September 15, 2019}}
|newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=15 September 2021 |date=September 15, 2019}}


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