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Border Patrol Photography
Sometimes the United States Border Patrol utilizes horses in difficult terrain to insure the safety of the nation's border.CBP Border Patrol Marine units patrol the waterways of our Nation's borders.The Air Support unit provides invaluable assistance to Border Patrol Officers on the ground for both operations and rescue.Border Patrol officers makes use of All Terrain Vehicles to patrol along the rugged border with Mexico.A CBP Border Patrol bycycle unit on patrol in McAllen TX.A CBP Border Patrol agent scans the area into Mexico with binoculars looking for illegal immigrants potentially staging to enter the U.S.The U.S. Mexican border, U.S. is on the left side of the photo. CBP agent scans Imperial Valley area for signs of illegal crossings.High tech equipment that is mobile is used to see illegal immigrants attempting to cross into the U.S. giving Border Patrol agents an advantage in apprehending violaters.Often Border Patrol agents will patrol remote areas alone.Border Patrol agent sits next to an improvised fence to protect them against rocks that are thrown from the Mexican side of the border. A CBP Border Patrol Agent operates remote camera systems located across the U.S. border trying to located illegals immigrants.High tech equipment atop this pole is used to see and hear illegal immigrants attempting to cross into the U.S.Border Patrol BORSTAR team members effect a difficult rescue in the extreme conditions of a Texas desert.Border Patrol Bycycle units patrol the city of Brownsville Texas looking for illegal Immigrants.CBP Border Patrol agents use horses in the most severe enviroments that regular vehicles cannot negotiate.A Border Patrol Agent gets ready to begin a day of work with his horse along the Southwest Border.CBP Marine units patrol the Rio Grande River.CBP Marine units patrol the southern most portion of the Rio Grande river in Texas.CBP Border Patrol Marine units face toward Mexico to provide cover for other agents on the U.S. side of the river conducting an investigation.A CBP Border Patrol Agent investigates a potential landing area for illegal immigrants along the Rio Grande River in Texas.CBP agent watches people as they gather next to the Mexican/American border in Imperial Valley CA."Dragging" wipes away any footprints or other signs that people are crossing a border road. Later the Border patrol will check for signs that people have crossed the road illegally heading into the U.S.Border Patrol agents conduct pat downs of migrants caught crossing the border illegally in the Imperial Valley Sector.Border Patrol agent places a Mexican National under arrest for transporting drugs into the U.S.Border Patrol agent places a Mexican National under arrest for transporting drugs into the U.S.CBP Border Patrol agent does a pat down of a female Mexican being returned to Mexico.CBP Border Patrol agent does a pat down of a Mexican being returned to Mexico.Border Patrol agents reads the Miranda rights to a Mexican national arrested for transporting drugs.Border Patrol agents in the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas process illegal immigrants who attempted to enter the U.S.A CBP Border Patrol agent utilizes an automated fingerprint recognition system to process an idividual who entered the U.S. illegally. A Border Patrol agent uses a computer word translator to assist in determining the needs of this illegal immigrant.CBP Border Patrol agent conducts a pat down of a female Mexican being placed in a holding facility.Illegal migrants are placed in holding facilities before they are returned to Mexico.Illegal migrants are placed in holding facilities before they are returned to Mexico.Border Patrol agents transport a prisoner who will be returned to Mexico.CBP Border Patrol agent monitors US/Canadian border near Sweet Grass Montana.CBP Border Patrol agent monitors US/Canadian border near Sweet Grass Montana.Border Patrol agents stationed near Sweet Grass Montana conduct patrols on there All Terrain Vehicles.CBP Border Patrol agent scans trains passing through Montana for any illegal actives.Border Patrol agent stationed near Sweet Grass Montana conducts a search of an abandon house just over the US/Canadian border.Border Patrol agent uses All Terrain Vehicle to conduct routine patrols near the US/Canadian border near Sweet Grass Montana.Border Patrol Agents routinely conduct searches of trains entering the US from Canada.Border Patrol agent conducts a technique called quot;Draggingquot; in which imprints are cleared at the start of the shift in order to better determine a time line of when crossings happen.
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