page_title: United States Border Patrol
section_title: Other specialized programs
hierarchical_section_title: United States Border Patrol / Other specialized programs
caption_attribution_description: U.S. Customs and Border Protection Canine Enforcement Program Original caption: BORSTAR canine team conducting rappel training Annotation: BORSTAR refers to Border Patrol Search, Trauma, and Rescue
context_page_description: The United States Border Patrol is the United States Customs and Border Protection's federal law enforcement arm within the United States Department of Homeland Security. The USBP is the armed and uniformed federal police that secure the borders of the United States by detecting and preventing illegal aliens, terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States, and prevent illegal trafficking of people and contraband.
  With 19,437 agents, the Border Patrol is one of the largest law enforcement agencies in the United States. For fiscal year 2017, Congress enacted a budget of $3,805,253,000 for the Border Patrol.
  The current chief of the Border Patrol is Rodney Scott.
context_section_description: In 2007, the U.S. Border Patrol created the Special Operations Group (SOG) headquartered in El Paso, Texas, to coordinate the special operations units of the agency.
  
  The U.S. Border Patrol has a number of other specialized programs and details. Marine Patrol – In the riverine environments of the northern and southwestern borders of the continental United States, the Border Patrol conducts border control activities from the decks of marine craft of various sizes.  Since 2006, the U.S. Border Patrol has relinquished its littoral law enforcement missions in the Great Lakes and territorial seas to the Office of Air and Marine.  The U.S. Border Patrol maintains over 130 vessels, ranging from blue-water craft to inflatable-hull craft, in 16 sectors, in addition to Headquarters special operations components.
  K9 Units, Mounted Patrol, Bike patrol, Sign-cutting (tracking), Snowmobile unit, Infrared scope unit, Intelligence, Anti-smuggling Investigations Unit (ASU/DISRUPT, Border Criminal Alien Program, Multi-agency Anti-Gang Task Forces (regional & local units), Honor Guard, Pipes and Drums, Chaplain, Peer Support, Mobile Surveillance Unit.
caption: BORSTAR canine team conducting rappeling training
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