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Noun: United States Border Patrol
  1. The mobile law enforcement arm of the Immigration and Naturalization Service that detects and prevents illegal entry of aliens into the United States
    - US Border Patrol

Type of: agency, authority, bureau, federal agency, government agency, office

Part of: Immigration and Naturalization Service, INS

Encyclopedia: United States Border Patrol