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Jun 26, 2024 · Both CBP and the importing/exporting community have a shared responsibility to maximize compliance with laws and regulations. In carrying out this task, CBP encourages importers/exporters to become familiar with applicable laws and regulations and work together with the CBP Office of Trade to protect American consumers from harmful and ...
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When goods move from any foreign country to the United...
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Oct 13, 2016 · The following compendium of laws enforced by CBP is provided for information only, and is not intended to imply any limitation of the enforcement powers of CBP.
Aug 22, 2024 · U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is committed to protecting national economic security by enforcing U.S. trade laws through its Trade Enforcement efforts.
- Background
- Routine Questioning and Brief Investigative Detentions
- Searches at the Border or Its Functional Equivalent
- Searches Beyond the Border or Its Functional Equivalent
- Extended Border Searches
- Boarding and Inspection of Vessels in Interior or Coastal Waterways
- Roving Patrols
- Fixed Immigration Checkpoints and Transportation Checks
The Homeland Security Act of 2002 established CBP as the component within DHS mainly responsible for protecting the nation’s international borders through enforcing federal customs and immigration laws (CBP also enforces other laws relating to the border, including those concerning the introduction of harmful plant or animal species and public heal...
CBP may conduct interrogations and brief detentions as part of an investigation into possible immigration violations. Under INA § 287(a)(1), an immigration enforcement officer may, without a warrant, “interrogate any alien or person believed to be an alien as to his right to be or to remain in the United States.” The Supreme Court has held that gov...
Under what is known as the border search exception to the Fourth Amendment’s warrant requirement, law enforcement officers may conduct routine inspections and searches at the U.S. border without a warrant, probable cause, or reasonable suspicion. The Supreme Court has reasoned that “the Fourth Amendment’s balance of reasonableness is qualitatively ...
CBP also conducts searches and seizures in areas beyond the border to prevent unlawfully present aliens who have evaded detection from traveling more into the interior of the United States, or to prevent the importation of drugs and other contraband. These searches may require at least heightened suspicion or probable cause to withstand Fourth Amen...
While the doctrine has not been endorsed or applied by the Supreme Court, some lower courts have concluded that the government may conduct warrantless, “extended border searches” beyond the border or its functional equivalent to investigate criminal activity after a person or vehicle has physically crossed the border. Because extended border search...
Recognizing the “nature of waterborne commerce” and the difficulty of establishing maritime checkpoints, the Supreme Court has held that federal officers may board vessels on inland waters with ready access to the open sea for routine document checks with no suspicion of unlawful activity. Lower courts have ruled that officers must have reasonable ...
The Border Patrol conducts “roving patrols” where agents traverse certain areas near the border and stop vehicles suspected of carrying unlawfully present aliens or illegal narcotics, even if there is no indication the vehicle had crossed the border (unlike extended border searches). The Supreme Court has recognized that roving patrols occur at poi...
The Border Patrol also establishes immigration checkpoints on major highways near the border where all drivers may be briefly questioned about immigration or citizenship status, even if they have not physically crossed the border. Given the “regularized” and limited nature of checkpoint stops, the Supreme Court has held they do not require a warran...
Feb 1, 2024 · It is important to follow the rules of importing and exporting. Many small businesses find it helpful to employ brokers such as customs brokers (importing) or freight forwarders (exporting) to manage the process. CBP maintains a list of licensed customs brokers for importing for each point
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) prevents people from entering the country illegally or bringing anything harmful or illegal into the United States.
Customs rules differ from other import restrictions. Failure to properly comply with customs rules can result in seizure of goods and criminal penalties against involved parties. The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) enforces customs rules.
