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Border Patrol Overview and History
- Chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol
- 10/18/2011

A photo gallery of the Chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol since 1924.
Chiefs of the U.S. Border Patrol - pdf versionpdf - 14,296 KB.
- Border Patrol Overview
- 01/05/2011

The Border Patrol is the mobile uniformed law enforcement arm of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). It was officially established on May 28, 1924 by an act of Congress passed in response to increasing illegal immigration.
- Border Patrol History
- 01/05/2010
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