Source: https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/6/240
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6 U.S. Code § 240 - Border Enforcement Security Task Force | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute
U.S. Code › Title 6 › Chapter 1 › Subchapter IV › Part C › § 240 6 U.S. Code § 240 - Border Enforcement Security Task Force
There is established within the Department a program to be known as the Border Enforcement Security Task Force (referred to in this section as “BEST”).
(b) PurposeThe purpose of BEST is to establish units to enhance border security by addressing and reducing border security threats and violence by—
(1) CompositionBEST units may be comprised of personnel from—
other Department personnel, as appropriate [1]
(2) Establishment of unitsThe Secretary is authorized to establish BEST units in jurisdictions in which such units can contribute to BEST missions, as appropriate. Before establishing a BEST unit, the Secretary shall consider—
(d) OperationAfter determining the jurisdictions in which to establish BEST units under subsection (c)(2), and in order to provide Federal assistance to such jurisdictions, the Secretary may—
(Pub. L. 107–296, title IV, § 432, as added Pub. L. 112–205, § 3(a), Dec. 7, 2012, 126 Stat. 1488.)
Pub. L. 112–205, § 2, Dec. 7, 2012, 126 Stat. 1487, provided that: “Congress finds the following:
Foreign law enforcement agencies participating in BEST include Mexico’s Secretaria de Seguridad Publica (SSP), the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA), the Ontario Provincial Police (OPP), and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP).”