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.

U.S.–Mexico border → monitoredBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Otay Mesa Port of Entry → operatedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
San Ysidro Port of Entry → operatedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Tecate Port of Entry → operatedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Operation Wetback → organizer → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → oversees → U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Border Patrol
United States Secretary of Homeland Security → oversees → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Air and Marine Operations → parentOrganization → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Office of Field Operations → parentOrganization → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Surveyor of the Port of Salem → partOf → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → precededBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs Service
Portland International Marine Terminal → regulatesBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Port of Boston → regulator → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology → relatedTo → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
U.S. Customs and Border Protection → supervisedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Homeland Security Act of 2002 → transferredAgency → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: U.S. Customs Service
HSA → transferredAgencyTo → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
subject surface form: Homeland Security Act of 2002
this entity surface form: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
Public Law 107-296 → transferredAgencyTo → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: Bureau of Customs and Border Protection
General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper → usedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs and Border Protection
Seal of U.S. Customs and Border Protection → usedBy → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
International Economic Accounts → usesDataFrom → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
Enforcement and Compliance → worksWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
IP Czar → worksWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Customs and Border Protection
United States Attorney for the District of Arizona → worksWith → U.S. Customs and Border Protection ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Border Patrol