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An acronym for Customs and Border Protection, was established May 1, 2003 to combine the inspectional workforces and broad border authorities of the U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), the U.S. Border Patrol, and the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. CBP is tasked with stopping terrorists, terrorist weapons, illegal drugs, aliens, and materials harmful to agriculture from entering at, or between, ports of entry.

Federal Law Enforcement Officers, 1998

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NUMBER OF FEDERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
GREW 11 PERCENT IN TWO YEARS


     WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The number of federal law
enforcement officers grew by about 8,000 men and women, or
11 percent, from June 1996 through June 1998, the Justice
Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced
today.  Approximately half of this...

Immigration Offenders in the Federal Criminal Justice System, 2000

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IMMIGRATION LAW PROSECUTIONS DOUBLE DURING 1996-2000

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The number of people prosecuted for immigration offenses in federal courts more than doubled from 1996 through the year 2000, growing from 6,605 defendants in 1996 to 15,613 defendants in 2000, the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) announced today.

In 1996...