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Noun: United States Border Patrol
  1. The federal law enforcement agency responsible for detecting and preventing illegal entry of persons and goods into the United States
    "United States Border Patrol agents monitor the nation's boundaries";
    - US Border Patrol

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS

Encyclopedia: United States Border Patrol