Border Patrol recruits overseas

[unhappycamper]

Border Patrol recruits overseas
Stars and Stripes
Mideast edition, Tuesday, April 15, 2008

The U.S. Border Patrol, scrambling to hire thousands of agents by the end of the year, is taking its recruiting efforts overseas to try to enlist military veterans who have fulfilled their tours of duty, USA Today reported Monday.

“This is a premier law enforcement agency, and we offer an opportunity for service on the front lines of the country,” Joe Arata, a recruiter for Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Protection division, which includes the Border Patrol, told the paper.

The department has done some recruiting at overseas bases, and CBP spokeswoman Tara Dunlop told USA Today that more is planned.

In 2001, the Border Patrol had fewer than 10,000 agents covering the northern and southern borders with Canada and Mexico. A buildup in recent years has brought the ranks to 15,500, the paper noted. President Bush has said he wants the size of the agency doubled, to 20,000 agents, by the time he leaves office in January.

The government has done some unconventional recruiting, plastering the Border Patrol’s name on the side of a NASCAR racer and sending CBP’s honor guard to professional football games.


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=54051

[bushmeister0]

1. I know of probably a million or so Iraqis who might want to join, repay the favor.