Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
CBP plans to hire 2,000 new agents thanks to funding provided in the 2014 budget, KTAR reports.
The hiring of agents to secure the air, land and sea ports has nothing to do with the current immigration crisis involving unaccompanied Central American children, officials said. “This was in the pipeline,” said CBP spokeswoman Theresa Small. “It has nothing to do with the influx of Central American children.”
The plan is to fill the positions by the end of fiscal year 2014 to “enhance security, help reduce wait times and facilitate growing volumes of legitimate goods and travelers that are critical to the health of our nation’s economy,” the CBP said in a press released.
For more information on the positions, visit www.cbp.gov/careers.
