U.S. Customs and Border Protection

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border control agency federal law enforcement agency

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.

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Observed surface forms (17)

Surface form Occurrences
United States Customs Service 6
U.S. Border Patrol 5
United States Customs and Border Protection 4

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf border control agency ⓘ
federal law enforcement agency ⓘ
abbreviation U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CBP
budgetType federally appropriated budget ⓘ
collaboratesWith Drug Enforcement Administration ⓘ
Federal Bureau of Investigation ⓘ
Transportation Security Administration ⓘ
Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

state and local law enforcement agencies ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdBy Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ
employs CBP agriculture specialists ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: CBP officers

U.S. Border Patrol agents ⓘ
formedOn 2003-03-01 ⓘ
hasMotto Securing America's Borders ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
isLargestComponentOf United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
jurisdiction federal government of the United States ⓘ
legalAuthority Title 19 of the United States Code ⓘ
Title 8 of the United States Code ⓘ
logo Seal of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
mission collect import duties ⓘ
enforce U.S. trade, customs, and immigration laws ⓘ
regulate and facilitate international trade ⓘ
secure U.S. borders ⓘ
operatesIn airports ⓘ
coastal waters ⓘ
international mail facilities ⓘ
land border ports of entry ⓘ
seaports ⓘ
oversees Air and Marine Operations ⓘ
Office of Field Operations ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
parentAgency United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
partOf United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ
precededBy Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
surface form: Immigration and Naturalization Service

U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Customs Service
reportsTo United States Secretary of Homeland Security ⓘ
surface form: Secretary of Homeland Security
responsibleFor agricultural inspection at ports of entry ⓘ
border security ⓘ
customs enforcement ⓘ
immigration inspection at ports of entry ⓘ
preventing human smuggling and trafficking across U.S. borders ⓘ
preventing illegal drugs from entering the United States ⓘ
preventing the entry of terrorists and terrorist weapons ⓘ
supervisedBy U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
website https://www.cbp.gov ⓘ

Referenced by (74)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Houlton–Woodstock Border Crossing → USPortOfEntryOperator → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → abbreviation → U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBP
Aldergrove–Lynden border crossing → administeredBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Immigration and Nationality Act → administeredBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
INA → administeredBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: Immigration and Nationality Act
Laredo–Nuevo Laredo crossing → administeredBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
wet feet, dry feet policy → appliedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. immigration authorities
Seal of U.S. Customs and Border Protection → appliesTo → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Title 19 of the United States Code → appliesTo → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
International Arrivals Facility → associatedWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: International Arrivals Facility (Ontario International Airport)
United States Custom House in Salem → associatedWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
War on Drugs → associatedWithAgency → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Amtrak Adirondack → borderControl → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Brownsville–Matamoros crossing → borderControls → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Air and Marine Operations → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
DEA Intelligence Division → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Drug Enforcement Administration → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Customs and Border Protection
Maryland Port Administration → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Office of Defense Trade Controls Compliance → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Office of Law Enforcement → collaboratesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Homeland Security Investigations → cooperatesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Immigration and Customs Enforcement → cooperatesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Joint Interagency Task Force South → coordinatesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Office of Field Operations → coordinatesWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
Immigration Act of 1924 → created → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Border Patrol
Immigration Act of 1924 → createdAgency → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
United States Customs Court → decisionsBindingOn → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
Alexander Hamilton → designed → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. customs service
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → employs → U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: CBP officers
Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 → enforcedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
Title 19 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Title 8 of the United States Code → enforcedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States customs officials
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → establishedComponent → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Customs and Border Protection
Immigration and Customs Enforcement → formedFrom → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
ICE → formedFrom → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs Service
El Paso–Ciudad Juárez crossing → governedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States federal government customs authorities
United States Department of Homeland Security → hasComponentAgency → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Terminal 8 → hasCustomsAuthority → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Terminal C → hasCustomsFacilities → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: Terminal C (Newark Liberty International Airport)
Cross Border Xpress → hasCustomsJurisdiction → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs and Border Protection
Customs Courts Act of 1980 → hasEffectOn → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs and Border Protection
DuPage Airport → hasFacility → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs and Border Protection services
International Terminal → hasFacility → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: International Terminal (San Francisco International Airport)
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs and Border Protection facilities
Terminal E → hasFacility → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs and Border Protection inspection area
Fort Kent–Clair Border Crossing → hasJurisdiction → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Seal of U.S. Customs and Border Protection → hasMottoText → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Immigration and Naturalization Service → hasPart → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Border Patrol
United States Court of International Trade → hearsCasesInvolving → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ