Border Patrol
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•	The United States has a 2,000 mile long Mexican Border
•	Originally the border patrol had no uniform
•	El Paso Texas has the largest number of illegal immigrant border crossings
•	Alcohol is made illegally and smuggled into the country
•	Illegal and legal drugs are smuggled into the country
•	INS had to deal with illegal’s smuggling drugs across the borders
•	Border Patrolmen originally used to scare off immigrants
•	Border patrol is an agency within the United States Customs and Border Protection
•	Approximately has 11,000 agents working for the border patrol
•	Help protect borders against terrorist entering the country
•	The border patrol was established as early as 1904
•	It was established after a spike in illegal entry into the country
•	Border patrol was the parent agency to many other agencies
•	Basham is the current commissioner of the customs and border protection