Customs and Border Protection - Obama Presidency Oral History Back Customs and Border Protection Index / Organizations Transcripts John Morton ...But there were many other players. Customs and Border Protection [CBP] was a much-larger agency, i... ...Customs and Border Protection [ CBP ] was a much-larger agency, in absolut... ...of Homeland Security [DHS] and the CBP and ICE needed to be demonstrated an... ...border control. As you probably know, CBP is the border enforcement agency, muc... ...If we just went back to the days of, CBP caught people, and there was n... ...that in a little more detail. You had CBP —Customs and Border Protection—muc... ...in a little more detail. You had CBP— Customs and Border Protection —much larger than ICE. The Borde... ...in those early days, were such that CBP had a much-stronger institutiona... ...and controversial position than CBP was. The way DHS was structured, an... ...in terms of ICE, and that was because CBP —the concept of prosecutoria... ...was a very difficult principle for CBP in those days. CBP was at the border... ...principle for CBP in those days. CBP was at the border. You came across th... ...charging authority. So all three—ICE, CBP , and CIS—could put people int... ...enforcement at the border, supporting CBP 's mission, was a thoughtful use of th... ...we're going to have a big meeting, and CBP , and ICE, and CIS, and the secretary... ...Super thoughtful. Alan Bersin, who led CBP for a good portion of the time that ... ...parts of the department, including CBP and CIS. And that was an important ste... ...including myself, the head of the CBP , the head of CIS. We doing, as goo... ...And ICE was half of that legacy. CBP tended to anchor to it more than IC... ...than ICE did, in no small part because CBP started with customs, and ICE starte... ...went to customs, in its name. But the CBP had the civil-enforcement pieces o... ...debate. When you look at CBP alone, the growth relative to CIS, eve... Show more... Janet Napolitano ...Security Administration], the head of CBP [Customs and Border Protection]... ...Administration], the head of CBP [ Customs and Border Protection ], myself, my chief of staff, my hea... ...that a lot of that information was in CBP 's possession, Customs and Borde... ...information was in CBP's possession, Customs and Border Protection . But their process was that the... ...he was taken off the plane, he was in CBP custody, but the FBI then came over an... ...and was actually on the plane when a CBP officer, who was at the gate—it was a... ...and the head of ICE and the head of CBP . But he announced it in June. And w... Show more... Jane Lute ...the men and women of ICE and of CBP [Customs and Border Protection]—if yo... Related Topics go to the East Wing East Wing go to the The People's House The People's House go to the Criminal Justice Criminal Justice go to the Hawaii Hawaii go to the Human Rights Human Rights