Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Uses of Criminal History

Valerie Isbell Executive Director

Passenger Systems Program OfficeOffice of Information Technology

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Defending America’s borders against all threats while facilitating its economic stability.

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The scope of our task is daunting. More than 46,000

employees protect the United States from terrorists, drug and human smugglers, agricultural disease, and more, while keeping travel and trade flowing.

We guard approximately 7,000 miles of land border that the U.S. shares with Canada and Mexico.

We also secure 95,000 miles of shoreline in partnership with the United States Coast Guard.

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Ports of entry are key lines of defense

In fiscal year 2007, CBP officers inspected 411 million travelers and more than 120 million cars, trucks, buses, trains, vessels and aircraft.

That same year, CBP officers arrested more than 25,000 suspected criminals, seized more than 820,000 pounds of narcotics, interdicted more than 170,000 inadmissible aliens and conducted 1.5 million agricultural interceptions.

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How does criminal history information contribute to CBP’s mission?

Port of Entry Primary Inspection

Port of Entry Secondary Inspection

Border Patrol

Trusted Traveler Program Enrollment

Research

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Primary - Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS)

Biographic criminal history queries for passengers prior to the flight arriving in the United States

Criminal history responses are reviewed by the Ports of Entry to determine which passengers should be referred to secondary

In secondary, fingerprint based queries are used to confirm the criminal history information

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Primary US-VISIT Processing

Two-index prints collected on primary since January 2004 at the Air/Sea Ports of Entry

Slap 10-Print pilot completed at 10 Ports of Entry

Slap 10-Print full deployment underway

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Secondary Inspection Processing

I-94 issuance process

• Optional biographic criminal history query

• Moving to 10-Print Slap from current 2 Index prints

Biographic criminal history queries

Rolled 10-Print criminal history queries

Results used to make a decision on the disposition of the traveler

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Border Patrol Processing

Rolled 10-Print criminal history queries

Biographic criminal history queries

Results used to make a decision on the disposition of the person

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Trusted Traveler Enrollment

Trusted Traveler Programs• SENTRI – Southern Border Dedicated Commuter Lane• NEXUS – Northern Border Dedicated Commuter Lane• FAST – Commercial Drivers• Global Entry – Air

Slap 10-Print criminal history queries (civil checks)

Results used for the enrollment decision

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Criminal History Research

Biographic criminal history queries

Conducted via TECS interfaces with NCIC and NLETS

Wide variety of uses within CBP and DHS

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CPB / SEARCH Working for Others Immigration and Customs Enforcement

(ICE)

Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)

US-VISIT

Department of State (DOS)

Coast Guard

Interpol

Secret Service

Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)

Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG)

Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)

El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)

Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF)

National CounterTerrorism Center (NCTC)

TSA – Hazardous Materials (TSA HAZMAT)

Federal Air Marshals (FAM)

Federal Protective Service (FPS)

Federal Reserve Board

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control, FINCEN

Bureau of Land Management

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Other Traveler Initiatives (Not Using Criminal History)

Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)

Global Entry Expansion

Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)• Enhanced Drivers License

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CBP Mission

We are the guardians of our Nation’s borders. We are America’s frontline.

We safeguard the American homeland at and beyond our borders. We protect the American public against terrorists and the

instruments of terror. We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States while

fostering our nation’s economic security through lawful international trade and travel.

We serve the American public with vigilance, integrity and professionalism.