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United States Border Patrol
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Noun1.United States Border Patrol - the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United StatesUnited States Border Patrol - the mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
US Border Patrol
Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS - an agency in the Department of Justice that enforces laws and regulations for the admission of foreign-born persons to the United States
bureau, federal agency, government agency, agency, office, authority - an administrative unit of government; "the Central Intelligence Agency"; "the Census Bureau"; "Office of Management and Budget"; "Tennessee Valley Authority"
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The Border Patrol established three performance measures to report the results of checkpoint operations, and while they provide some insight into checkpoint activity, they do not indicate if checkpoints are operating efficiently and effectively.
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In March, the Border Patrol told residents of Laredo, TX that the agency was going to launch a pilot program to kill off Carrizo cane, a tall, dense grass that US officials say can be used as a hiding place by undocumented immigrants and drug smugglers.
Razing cane by Earth Island Journal
Their convictions have been questioned by many who insist that they had acted reasonably when they tried to apprehend the smuggler, and that the jury was not informed of the smuggler's continued drug trafficking and was not told that the Border Patrol agent who testified against Ramos and Compean was a lifelong friend of the smuggler.
Former Border Patrol agents to be released by The New American
 
 
 
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