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Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

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Mission Areas

The Secretary of The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) oversees the third largest Cabinet Department and leads our nation's efforts to secure our country from terrorism to natural disasters.

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DHS/CBP/PIA-049 CBP License Plate Reader Technology

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) uses a combination of surveillance systems, including license plate reader technology, to provide comprehensive situational awareness along the United States border to assist CBP in detecting, identifying, apprehending, and removing individuals illegally entering the United States at and between ports of entry or otherwise violating U.S. law. In 2017, CBP published a Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) describing its use of commercially available fixed and mobile license plate reader technology. CBP is conducting this Privacy Impact Assessment (PIA) update to provide public notice of CBP’s use of license plate reader data procured from commercial vendors.

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Customs and Border Protection (CBP)

United States Customs and Border Protection watches over all of the borders of our great country—land and sea.

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Retention Memo to CBP for CRCL Investigation Concerning Invalidating F1 Visas of Iranian Nationals

CRCL opened complaints alleging that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) violated civil rights or civil liberties by invalidating F1 student visas belonging to applicants from Iran, applying a five-year bar to admission to the applicants, and removing an applicant from the United States in violation of a court order, among other allegations. 

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Snapshot: Helping Law Enforcement Solve and Prevent Chemical-Related Violence

S&T-developed Chemical Agents Reactions Database can help federal, state and local agencies check if chemicals found in illegal labs can make illicit drugs, poisons or warfare agents.

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Snapshot: Growing Impact of TAK

The Team Awareness Kit (TAK) is the emerging DHS-wide solution for situational awareness. Its exceptional tactical value has been proven time and again.

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CRCL Recommendation Memo to CBP: Verification of United States Citizenship

This memorandum provides recommendations to U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) regarding a complaint alleging that CBP violated the civil rights and civil liberties of a U.S. citizen minor while detained at the Rio Grande City U.S. Border Patrol station.

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Snapshot: S&T Tech Ensures Safety of Migrants at Our Nation’s Borders

S&T partnered with U.S. Customs and Border Protection on the Missing Migrants Program, an effort to save lives at the southwest border via rescue beacons and 911 rescue placards.

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Retention Memo to CBP for CRCL Investigation Concerning Detention and Care of Pregnant Individuals

CRCL opened complaints alleging that U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) violated the civil rights and civil liberties of pregnant individuals held in their custody. Allegedly, the standards governing the detention of pregnant individuals and the provision of their healthcare were insufficient and inconsistently applied, and where standards did exist, they were routinely violated. 

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DHS Jobs

DHS is made up of 14 different components, each with a special job to do.