US BORDER PATROL

1. US BORDER PATROL By Tyler and Tate

2. The history of the border patrol The Border Patrol was started in 1904 while Teddy Roosevelt was president. When it first started there was only 75 men on horses were hired to guard all of Americas borders and they had to provide their own horses. Today there is 9,500 agents stationed along out 2,000 mile southern border. 99% of all people entering our country illegally are from Mexico.

3. US Border Patrol Vehicles The vehicles that they use are Armored Humvee Remote operated Planes ATV’S Trucks Cars Dune buggies Dirt bikes

4. The weapons that the border patrol uses. They are issued a Berretta 96d pistol. They also use M16s With 30 round magazines. They also have vehicle mounted rifles. Tasers

5. Dangers the Officers face. The officers have to deal with many dangers including things that the Mexicans throw at them. These include rocks, pipes, chains, anything that they can grab .

6. The top three wanted illegal aliens from Mexico are all drug lords. Joaquin Guzman He is wanted for starting bloody turf wars Antonio Ezequiel Is wanted for moving mass quantities of drugs throughout the U.S Nazario Moreno Gonzalez Is wanted for causing mass violence and drugs

7. The types of barriers There are three separate barriers The first barrier consist of Nothing Three wire cattle fence Vertical Railroad rail Horizontal railroad rail with inch drill stem uprights Concrete filled thin wall six inch steel tube of staggered height. Corrugated steel plate Perforated corrugated steel plate Square tubing Crushed cars

8. The second set of barriers Climb proof expanded metal Climb proof chain link fence Concrete columns or bollard barrier

9. The third barrier consist of Is only chain link fence There is three barriers because drug smugglers would crash up to ten cars to make a path through the barrier and make a path. So to stop it they installed the triple barrier system.