Customs and Border Protection Officers
- Employer
- U.S. Department of Homeland Security
- Location
- Orlando, Florida
- Salary
- Open
- Posted
- Nov 13, 2020
- Closes
- Jan 12, 2021
- Industry
- Defense, Government, Legal
- Category
- Analytics, Entry Level, Law, Operations, Security
- Contract Type
- Permanent
With more than 60,000 employees, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, is one of the world's largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while facilitating lawful international travel and trade.
As the United States’ first unified border entity, CBP takes a comprehensive approach to border management and control, combining customs, immigration, border security, and agricultural protection into one coordinated and supportive activity.
The men and women of CBP are responsible for enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws and regulations. On a typical day, CBP welcomes nearly one million visitors, screens more than 67,000 cargo containers, arrests more than 1,100 individuals, and seizes nearly 6 tons of illicit drugs. Annually, CBP facilitates an average of more than $3 trillion in legitimate trade while enforcing U.S. trade laws.
CBP is hiring Customs and Border Protection Officers, Border Patrol Agents Air and Marine Interdiction Agents.
The Nation’s single unified Border Agency; CBP is responsible for guarding nearly 7,000 miles of land border the United States shares with Canada and Mexico, and 2000 miles of coastal waters surrounding the Florida peninsula and off the coast of Southern California. The agency also protects 95,000 miles of maritime border in partnership with the Coast Guard.