(Based on FY 2010 Data)

Processed:

• 965,167 passengers and pedestrians
• 47,293 truck, rail, and sea containers

Executed:

• 1,903 apprehensions at and in between the ports of entry for illegal entry
• 75 arrests of criminals at ports of entry

Seized:

• 11,435 pounds of narcotics
• 539 pests interception submitted to USDA at ports of entry

Deployed:

• 25,129 vehicles
• 291 aircraft
• 260 watercraft
• 300 horse patrols
• 1,500 canine enforcement teams

Employed:

• 58,724 employees, including:
• 20,687 CBP Officers
• 2,366 CBP Agriculture Specialists
• 20,558 Border Patrol agents
• 1219 Air and Marine agents including:
• 51 Air Enforcement officers
• 812 Air Interdiction agents
• 356 Marine Interdiction agents

Protected More Than:

• 5,000 miles of border with Canada
• 1,900 miles of border with Mexico
• 95,000 miles of shoreline

Managed:

• 329 ports of entry
• 139 Border Patrol stations within 20 sectors, with 37 checkpoints.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.