U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is America's frontline, protecting the nation from threats to our safety and economy, and preventing terrorists and terrorist weapons from entering the United States. At ports of entry (POEs), CBPs Office of Field Operations (OFO) secures the flow of people and goods into and out of the country, while facilitating legitimate travel and trade. The Border Patrol maintains border security between the ports of entry. Together, OFO and the Border Patrol control the border to stop potentially harmful people and goods before they enter the country, and thus create the last line of defense against foreign threats. On a typical day, more than 1.1 million passengers and pedestrians, including over 630,000 aliens, over 235,000 air passengers, over 333,000 privately owned vehicles, and over 79,000 shipments of goods are processed at the nations borders. Each presents a potential risk to national security. To protect America from harm, CBP must detect and remove the people and goods that pose a threat from the legitimate annual flow of over 400 million people, 20 million cargo containers, and 130 million conveyances. Given this enormous volume, establishing the identity and intent of every person or good prior to arrival at the border is vital to CBPs success. CBP must set and conduct the right level of inspection, based on well-developed risk assessment methods, while recognizing the vast majority of people and goods are legitimate. These inspections must uncover violations, and accurate determinations must be made from the results. Building from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) strategic plan Securing the Homeland and the CBP strategic plan Protecting America, this plan applies the key themes to the POEs, as well as complements the Border Patrol national strategy, and defines the shared operational vision for CBP POEs for the next five years. The operational vision for the future of CBP POEs is: Secure ports of entry where: Potential violators are deterred; Threats and inadmissible people, goods, and conveyances are intercepted; Legitimate trade and travel are facilitated; and Operations and outcomes are consistent.


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