Protect Your Community, Elevate Your Career
Welcome to an exciting opportunity as a Border Patrol Agent with the nation's premier federal agency. Join our team in safeguarding America's borders and making a difference in the lives of its citizens.
About This Opportunity
This is a career ladder position that offers the chance to progress from GL-9 to GS-11 to GS-12 grade levels. As a BPA, you will be part of our 60,000+ workforce that strives to protect the American people by deterring illicit activity and enhancing economic prosperity.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Detected suspected violations of immigration laws through questioning individuals and inspecting documents/possessions.
- Pursued violators using surveillance equipment during night operations while maintaining covert positions at or near international boundaries/coastal waterways.
- Interpreted physical evidence like tracks/marks indicating illegal entry.
- Checked farms/buildings/traffic on patrol routes for contraband;
Performed transportation checks,
City patrols
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