border patrol agent
Boundary enforcement officer
A border patrol agent is a law enforcement officer responsible for monitoring and securing a country's borders, preventing illegal entry, and intercepting contraband.
In the United States, Border Patrol agents work for Customs and Border Protection, patrolling areas between official ports of entry: Border patrol agents apprehended the group crossing the desert.
- immigrationRelocating abroad permanently
- green cardU.S. residency document
- checkpointInspection station on route
- port of entryAuthorized border crossing location
- desertTo leave behind completely
desert heat · uniform · badge · drug cartel · human trafficking · crossing · fence · detain · surveillance · night vision · Rio Grande · K-9 · vehicle · binoculars · apprehend · jurisdiction · helicopter · arrest
- Border Officialscustoms officer, customs inspector, immigration officer, immigration inspector, passport control
- justice workerspolice officer, detective, judge, prosecutor, defense attorney
- law enforcementFBI, police station, patrolmen, police officer, cop
- Federal Officialscabinet secretary, cabinet member, attorney general, secretary of state, secretary of defense
border patrol agentcoyote
Wild North American canid
people smuggler · smuggler · immigration lawyer · undocumented immigrant
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