Border Patrol Agent - Experienced

About the role

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

Responsibilities

• Deterring illicit activity and enhancing national economic prosperity by safeguarding borders and deterring illegal entry.
• Performing physical searches, apprehending, restraining, and identifying violators of state, federal, or immigration laws.
• Utilizing surveillance, detection, and communication equipment to track illegal operations and threats to the nation.
• Leading investigations and developing networks of informants to gather evidence and make arrests.
• Applying knowledge of immigration and nationality laws, law enforcement, and USBP-specific operations in various scenarios.

Qualifications

• GL-9: One year of specialized experience performing duties such as physical searches, apprehensions, and investigative reporting.
• GS-11: One year of specialized experience as a state, federal, or military law enforcement official, including leading investigations and making arrests.

Benefits

• Base Salary: GL-9/GS-11, $65,545 - $124,717 per year
• Locality Pay: Varies by duty location
• Overtime Pay: Up to 25%
• Promotion to higher grade levels after completing 52 weeks in the lower grade level
• Federal employment benefits including health and insurance plans, leave programs, and the Thrift Savings Plan

Incentives

• Newly appointed Agents may be offered up to $60,000 in incentives, including:
• $20,000 for completing the Border Patrol Academy and accepting a prioritized location
• $40,000 in additional incentives over the first four years

Duty Locations

• 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
• Grand Forks Sector Stations: Pembina
• Havre Sector Stations: Havre, Malta, Plentywood, Scobey, Sweetgrass
• Houlton Sector Stations: Calais, Fort Fairfield, Jackman, Rangeley, Van Buren
• 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