Border Patrol Agent - Experienced

About the role

USBP is hiring immediately for full-time, career positions, where your prior law enforcement officer (LEO) experience may qualify you for higher-graded Border Patrol Agent (BPA) opportunities.

Responsibilities

• Detecting and questioning people suspected of violating immigration and customs laws.
• Inspecting documents and possessions to determine citizenship or violations.
• Preventing and apprehending aliens and smugglers of aliens at or near the borders.
• Interpreting and following tracks, marks, and other physical evidence of illegal entry of persons or contraband.
• Patrolling the international boundary and coastal waterways using a variety of government assets.

Qualifications

• GL-9: One year of specialized experience performing duties such as physical searches, apprehending violators, and using firearms.
• GS-11: One year of specialized experience performing duties such as utilizing intelligence information, leading investigations, and apprehending violators.

Benefits

• Up to $60,000 in additional incentives for newly appointed Agents.
• Base salary ranging from $65,545 - $124,717 per year.
• Locality pay varies by duty location.
• Overtime pay up to 25%.
• Additional incentives of up to $40,000 over the first four years.

Pay

• Base Salary: GL-9/GS-11, $65,545 - $124,717 per year.
• Locality Pay: Varies by duty location.
• Overtime Pay: Up to 25%.

Schedule

• Full-time positions.

Location

• Big Bend Sector Stations - Presidio, Van Horn, Sanderson, Alpine, Sierra Blanca, Marfa.
• Buffalo Sector Stations - Wellesley Island.
• Del Rio Sector Stations - Del Rio, Brackettville, Comstock, Eagle Pass North, Eagle Pass South, Carrizo Springs, Uvalde.
• El Paso Sector Stations - Alamogordo, Clint, Deming, El Paso, Fort Hancock, Las Cruces, Lordsburg, Santa Teresa, Ysleta.
• El Centro Sector Stations - El Centro, Indio, Calexico.
• Havre Sector Stations - Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass.
• Laredo Sector Stations - Laredo South, Cotulla, Hebbronville, Laredo West, Freer, Laredo North, Zapata.
• Rio Grande Valley Sector Stations - Rio Grande City, Fort Brown, McAllen, Brownsville, Falfurrias, Weslaco, Kingsville, Harlingen.
• San Diego Sector Stations - Boulevard, Brownfield, Campo, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Murrieta, San Clemente.
• Spokane Sector Stations - Colville, Curlew, Metaline Falls, Oroville.
• Swanton Sector Stations - Beecher Falls, Burke, Champlain, Newport, Richford.
• Tucson Sector Stations - Ajo, Tucson, Nogales, Douglas, Brian A Terry, Sonoita, Casa Grande, Three Points Substation, Willcox.
• Yuma Sector Stations - Blythe, Yuma, Wellton.