Customs and Border PROTECTION! Not Patrol.
Sheesh, weve existed since 2003 and STILL the media gets it wrong. Sorry, pet peeve.
Customs and Border Protection is a component of DHS and the US Border Patrol is an agency under the same umbrella. The CBP officers you see working at airports and ports of entry are not Border Patrol Agents. Never have been, never will be. I get annoyed when the media lumps everyone together. I EODd in 84 with the BP and went to INS investigations in 2002 back when we were part of the DOJ. I still miss working in green. Honor first!