Semantic Coherence: U.S. Customs and Border Protection – Signal Evidence & AI Readability

[H1] The Beginnings to Today

As America celebrates its 250th birthday, we look back at CBP’s part in that history.

Explore America250 Past, Present and Future with CBP

[H2] I Want To:

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CBP Highlights

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The Smart Wall Map shows the status of border barriers along the 1,954-mile border between the U.S. and Mexico.

Explore the Map

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Statistical data from CBP covering Border Security, Trade and Travel.

Access the Data

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Throughout its history, CBP has been guided by leaders dedicated to protecting the nation and shaping the agency’s mission.

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In the News

[H2] Stats & Summaries
Explore All471K lbs.of drugs seized in FY25982Mdoses of fentanyl seized in FY25Over 81Kaliens apprehended nationwide in FY25

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Additional Information

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About CBP

[H1] About CBP

[H2] CBP Through the Years

Celebrating our history, building our future.

CBP's History

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.
[H2] Vision Statement
Enhancing the nation’s security through innovation, intelligence, collaboration and trust.
[H2] Mission Statement
Protect the American people, safeguard our borders, and enhance the nation’s economic prosperity.
[H2] Enduring Mission Priorities
Counter Terrorism: Anticipate, detect and disrupt the threat of terrorists, their weapons and actions to protect the people and economy of the United States.
Combat Transnational Crime: Detect, deter and disrupt transnational organized crime that threatens U.S. national and economic security interests at and beyond the border.
Secure the Border: Protect the Homeland through the air, land and maritime environments against illegal entry, illicit activity or other threats to uphold national sovereignty and promote national and economic security.
Facilitate Lawful Trade and Protect Revenue: Enable fair, competitive and compliant trade and enforce U.S. laws to ensure safety, prosperity and economic security for the American people.
Facilitate Lawful Travel: Enhance, enable and transform the travel experience by anticipating, detecting and intercepting threats prior to and at ports of entry.

[H2] Ethos

We are the guardians of our Nation's borders.
We are America's front line.
We safeguard the American homeland
at and beyond our borders.
We protect the American people against
terrorists and the instruments of terror.
We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States
while fostering our Nation's economic security through
lawful international trade and travel.
We serve the American people with vigilance,
integrity, and professionalism.

[H2] Core Values

Vigilance is how we ensure the safety of all Americans. We are continuously watchful and alert to deter, detect and prevent threats to our nation. We demonstrate courage and valor in the protection of our nation.
Service to Country is embodied in the work we do. We are dedicated to defending and upholding the Constitution of the United States. The American people have entrusted us to protect the homeland and defend liberty.
Integrity is our cornerstone. We are guided by the highest ethical and moral principles. Our actions bring honor to ourselves and our agency.

Last Modified: Jan 28, 2026

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Stats and Summaries

[H1] Stats and Summaries

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the nation’s largest federal law enforcement agency charged with securing the nation’s borders and facilitating international travel and trade. Our top priority is to keep terrorists and their weapons from entering the United States.At the nation’s more than 300 ports of entry, Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers have a complex mission with broad law enforcement authorities tied to inspecting all foreign visitors, returning U.S. citizens and imported cargo that enters the United States. Along the nation’s borders, the United States Border Patrol (USBP) and Air and Marine Operations (AMO) are the uniformed law enforcement components of CBP responsible for securing U.S. borders between ports of entry.

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[H2] CBP Operational Data

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Encounters

[H4] Nationwide Encounters
The Nationwide Encounters page provides USBP Title 8 apprehensions, USBP At Enty and USBP At Large apprehensions, OFO Title 8 inadmissibles, and Title 42 expulsions for fiscal years (FY) 2020 and 2021 to date. Data is available for the Northern Land Border, Southwest Land Border, and Nationwide (i.e., air, land, and sea modes of transportation) encounters.
[H4] Southwest Land Border Encounters
The Southwest Land Border Encounters page provides data on USBP apprehensions, OFO inadmissible subjects, and Title 42 expulsions encountered along the southwest land border of the United States.
[H4] Southwest Land Border Encounters (By Component)
The Southwest Land Border Encounters page provides data on USBP Title 8 apprehensions, OFO Title 8 inadmissible subjects, and Title 42 expulsions encountered along the southwest land border, by USBP Sector and OFO field office.
[H4] Title 8 and Title 42 Statistics
Encounter data includes USBP Title 8 apprehensions, OFO Title 8 inadmissibles, and Title 42 expulsions.
[H4] Custody and Transfer Statistics
Custody and Transfer Metrics include data on in-custody information by location, dispositions for inadmissible/apprehended populations and transfer destinations for populations leaving CBP custody.
[H4] Migrant Protection Protocols
The Migrant Protection Protocol (MPP) page includes data displaying enrollment in the program, referrals to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, and data from the Executive Office of Immigration Review related to the outcomes of MPP cases.

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Seizures and Other Enforcement Statistics

[H4] CBP Enforcement Statistics
The Border Enforcement Statistics page provides data on apprehensions, findings of inadmissibility, recidivism, and arrests of criminal noncitizens at the border.
[H4] Air and Marine Operations Statistics
AMO interdicts unlawful entrants and cargo approaching U.S. borders, investigates criminal networks and provides domain awareness in the air and maritime environments, and responds to contingencies and national taskings.
[H4] Nationwide Drug Seizures
CBP officers and agents interdict the flow of illicit narcotics across the border at and between ports of entry. CBP keeps dangerous drugs out of our communities and denies criminal organizations the profits derived from their sale.
[H4] Drug Doses, Values, and Weights
CBP is on the frontline of stopping illegal narcotics, such as fentanyl and heroin, from entering the U.S.
[H4] Currency and Other Monetary Instrument Seizures
CBP’s border security mission includes seizing undeclared or illicit currency, which can be proceeds from alleged illicit activity or currency that funds transnational criminal organizations. "Money" means monetary instruments and includes U.S. or foreign coins currently in circulation, currency, travelers' checks in any form, money orders, and negotiable instruments or investment securities in bearer form.
[H4] Weapons and Ammunition Seizures
CBP is charged with securing the borders of the U.S., including lawful trade of weapons, ammunition, and other weapons parts coming into or out of the U.S.
[H4] Agriculture Enforcement Statistics
CBP agriculture specialists and the CBP officers at U.S. ports of entry target, detect, intercept, and thereby prevent the entry of potential threats that could seriously threaten U.S. agriculture, our natural resources, and our economy.

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Trade Statistics

[H4] Trade Statistics
These stats summarize CBP's revenue collection efforts; implementation of the recent trade remedies taken pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 and Sections 201 and 301 of the Trade Act of 1974; and trade enforcement actions.
[H4] Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Seizures
CBP targets and seizes imports of counterfeit and pirated goods, and enforces exclusion orders on patent-infringing and other IPR violative goods.
[H4] Withhold Release Orders & Findings
CBP is responsible for preventing the entry of products made with forced labor into the U.S. market by investigating and acting upon allegations of forced labor in supply chains. This dashboard contains Withhold Release Orders (WROs) issued by CBP’s Commissioner and Findings published in the Federal Register.
[H4] Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) Statistics
CBP is responsible for preventing the entry of products made with forced labor into the U.S. market by investigating and acting upon allegations of forced labor in supply chains. The statistics in this dashboard are shipments subjected to Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) reviews or enforcement actions.
[H4] Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) Statistics
The Enforce and Protect Act (EAPA) allows CBP to investigate whether an entity has evaded antidumping and countervailing duties in an on-the-record investigation.
[H4] e-Allegations Statistics
With the help of e-Allegation reports made by the trade community and general public, CBP can address unfair trade, safeguard U.S. industries, and guard against the entry of products that could pose a threat to health and safety.

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Travel Statistics

OFO is the law enforcement component within CBP responsible for carrying out CBP's complex and demanding border security mission at all ports of entry, including facilitating lawful international travel.

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Accountability and Transparency

[H4] Statements
This page provides the public with statements, policies, reports and other important information concerning critical incidents and related Office of Professional Responsibility reviews and investigations.
[H4] Assaults and Use of Force
These statistics provide data on assaults on agents and officers and uses of force by CBP personnel.
[H4] OPR Reported Employee Arrests
These statistics provide data on arrests of CBP employees reported to the Office of Professional Responsibility.
[H4] CBP Discipline Overview Fiscal Year
The FY 2019 Discipline Overview includes a comprehensive statistical analysis of disciplinary actions applied to CBP employees with specific sections addressing:
Disciplinary Breakdown by Program Office;
CBP Information Center;
Employee Arrests;
Drug-Free Workplace;
Use of Force Allegations; and
Mandatory Removals of Law Enforcement Officers.
[H4] OPR Annual Reports
Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) offers the following report for Fiscal Year 2019 as well as an overview of key statistics regarding misconduct and corruption. The purpose of this report is to increase transparency and awareness of CBP’s efforts to prevent, detect, and investigate misconduct and corruption among CBP employees and to highlight examples of the breadth and depth of work OPR does on behalf of the entire CBP workforce.

[H2] Related Resources

The Border Rescues and Morality Data page features Office of Professional Responsibility’s Deaths and U.S. Border Patrol’s Missing Alien and Alien Rescues data.

Visit the CBP Public Data Portal for downloadable data sets.

This page provides insight to CBP actions on a typical day each fiscal year.

Last Modified: Mar 20, 2026

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[H1] Newsroom

[H2] Stats and Summaries

Statistical data from CBP covering Border Security, Trade and Travel.

Stats and Summaries

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection Newsroom section includes a wide variety of news from CBP including media releases, photo and video galleries, fact sheets and publications. This section also includes Frontline, a multimedia publication.

May 28
2026

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U.S. Customs and Border Protection June recruitment events | National Media Release
WASHINGTON – U.S. Customs and Border Protection is launching a nationwide recruitment effort in June, offering job seekers the opportunity to explore careers in law enforcement,…

May 28
2026

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CBP Laredo Field Office warns traveling public about the New World Screwworm threat | Local Media Release
LAREDO, Texas — U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Laredo Field Office, is warning the South Texas traveling public about the threat of the New World Screwworm through…

May 28
2026

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U.S. Border Patrol marks 102 years of defending America’s borders | National Media Release
WASHINGTON — Today, U.S. Customs and Border Protection honors the 102nd birthday of the U.S. Border Patrol — 102 years of grit, sacrifice, and relentless service protecting the American…

May 27
2026

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CBP officers seize over $455K in hard narcotics at Laredo Port of Entry | National Media Release
LAREDO, Texas—U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Laredo Port of Entry seized cocaine and ketamine that totaled in over $455,000 in street value. …

May 26
2026

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CBP hosts Jacksonville enrollment event for conditionally approved Global Entry applicants | Local Media Release
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection will host a Global Entry enrollment event at the Jaxport Cruise Terminal, providing conditionally approved applicants in northeast Florida…