Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) :
"U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). CBP combined the inspectional workforces and broad border authorities of U.S. Customs, U.S. Immigration, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service and the entire U.S. Border Patrol.... For the first time in our nation's history, one agency has the lone responsibility of protecting our borders. As the single, unified border agency, CBP's mission is vitally important to the protection of America and the American people. CBP's priority mission is preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, while also facilitating the flow of legitimate trade and travel...." (DHS, About CBP Spotlight, Protecting Our Borders Against Terrorism)
