Border Defense

Border Defense book cover — R E n d R D n o E T F O E B D N E S yla y H

Border Defense — page 1 — 4 Keeping Your Country Safe Every country has borders A border is the boundary around each country Sometimes the border is marked by a high fence or other barrier such as a river Often the border is the sea coast around the country The boundary between the U S and Canada is the world’s longest undefended border It is 5,525 miles 8,891 km long and crosses land and water FACTS AF Part of the United States Mexico border The U S side is on the left

Border Defense — page 2 — 5 Customs ofﬁcers inspect bags Coastguards on patrol in New York harbor Many (cid:83)eo(cid:83)le (cid:90)ork at the borders to kee(cid:83) their o(cid:90)n country sa(cid:73)e (cid:54)o(cid:80)e ins(cid:83)ect bags at air(cid:83)orts Others (cid:83)atrol the sea in shi(cid:83)s or (cid:83)lanes looking (cid:73)or s(cid:80)ugglers or anyone trying to enter the country illegally Anti-terrorism is our primary mission but we are still focused on enforcement of immigration documents and illegal items (cid:36)rthur (cid:42)on(cid:93)ales (cid:56) (cid:54) (cid:38)usto(cid:80)s and Border Protection (cid:36)cting Port (cid:39)irector (cid:40)l Paso (cid:55)exas (cid:38)ountries ha(cid:89)e la(cid:90)s to (cid:83)rotect the (cid:83)eo(cid:83)le that li(cid:89)e there (cid:47)a(cid:90)s hel(cid:83) border o(cid:73)ficers to(cid:29) (cid:46)ee(cid:83) out illegal drugs (cid:54)to(cid:83) dangerous diseases (cid:73)ro(cid:80) s(cid:83)reading (cid:54)to(cid:83) (cid:83)eo(cid:83)le (cid:90)ho don’t ha(cid:89)e (cid:83)er(cid:80)ission to enter

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