1. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Uses of Criminal History Valerie Isbell Executive Director Passenger Systems Program Office Office of Information Technology

2. Defending America’s borders against all threats while facilitating its economic stability.

3. The scope of our task is daunting.
More than 46,000 employees protect the United States from terrorists, drug and human smugglers, agricultural disease, and more, while keeping travel and trade flowing.
We guard approximately 7,000 miles of land border that the U.S. shares with Canada and Mexico.
We also secure 95,000 miles of shoreline in partnership with the United States Coast Guard.

4. Ports of entry are key lines of defense
In fiscal year 2007, CBP officers inspected 411 million travelers and more than 120 million cars, trucks, buses, trains, vessels and aircraft.
That same year, CBP officers arrested more than 25,000 suspected criminals, seized more than 820,000 pounds of narcotics, interdicted more than 170,000 inadmissible aliens and conducted 1.5 million agricultural interceptions.

5. How does criminal history information contribute to CBP’s mission?
Port of Entry Primary Inspection
Port of Entry Secondary Inspection
Border Patrol
Trusted Traveler Program Enrollment
Research

6. Primary - Advanced Passenger Information System (APIS)
Biographic criminal history queries for passengers prior to the flight arriving in the United States
Criminal history responses are reviewed by the Ports of Entry to determine which passengers should be referred to secondary
In secondary, fingerprint based queries are used to confirm the criminal history information

7. Primary US-VISIT Processing
Two-index prints collected on primary since January 2004 at the Air/Sea Ports of Entry
Slap 10-Print pilot completed at 10 Ports of Entry
Slap 10-Print full deployment underway

8. Secondary Inspection Processing
I-94 issuance process
Optional biographic criminal history query
Moving to 10-Print Slap from current 2 Index prints
Biographic criminal history queries
Rolled 10-Print criminal history queries
Results used to make a decision on the disposition of the traveler

9. Border Patrol Processing
Rolled 10-Print criminal history queries
Biographic criminal history queries
Results used to make a decision on the disposition of the person

10. Trusted Traveler Enrollment
Trusted Traveler Programs
SENTRI – Southern Border Dedicated Commuter Lane
NEXUS – Northern Border Dedicated Commuter Lane
FAST – Commercial Drivers
Global Entry – Air
Slap 10-Print criminal history queries (civil checks)
Results used for the enrollment decision

11. Criminal History Research
Biographic criminal history queries
Conducted via TECS interfaces with NCIC and NLETS
Wide variety of uses within CBP and DHS

12. CPB / SEARCH Working for Others
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS)
US-VISIT
Department of State (DOS)
Coast Guard
Interpol
Secret Service
Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI)
Department of Defense Inspector General (DOD IG)
Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
El Paso Intelligence Center (EPIC)
Foreign Terrorist Tracking Task Force (FTTTF)
National CounterTerrorism Center (NCTC)
TSA – Hazardous Materials (TSA HAZMAT)
Federal Air Marshals (FAM)
Federal Protective Service (FPS)
Federal Reserve Board
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Treasury Office of Foreign Asset Control, FINCEN
Bureau of Land Management

13. Other Traveler Initiatives (Not Using Criminal History)
Electronic System for Travel Authorization (ESTA)
Global Entry Expansion
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative (WHTI)
Enhanced Drivers License

14. CBP Mission We are the guardians of our Nation’s borders.
We are America’s frontline.
We safeguard the American homeland at and beyond our borders.
We protect the American public against terrorists and the instruments of terror.
We steadfastly enforce the laws of the United States while fostering our nation’s economic security through lawful international trade and travel.
We serve the American public with vigilance, integrity and professionalism.