Oscar
Charleston, SC
Male, 31
Spent a bit over four years (2006-2010) serving as a Border Patrol Agent in Tucson Sector, AZ: the busiest sector in the country. Worked numerous positions, and spent the last year and a half operating/instructing ground radar installations. Duties included: field patrols, transport, processing, control room duties, transportation check, checkpoint operations, static watch duties, etc.
Not likely. Any charges or convictions of domestic related violence prohibit a person from owning (or carrying) a firearm, which is obviously required for law enforcement.
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It's a complete mixed bag. The job is a lot of hours, a lot of hard work, and can be very depressing when your own country doesn't really care. Some guys love the job. Other guys put up with it. I personally quit because I ended up hating the agency. So, it depends on the person and what you consider important/valuable.
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When applying, DHS/CBP will ask what state you prefer to work in. This is no guarantee. When they make you a job offer they will provide you with a choice of 1-3 different stations, and you may choose which one you prefer. If you prefer to wait this is also possible, but then you lose your slot in line, with no guarantee a slot will open up where you want to work. You're better off joining wherever you can and then working 3-4 years and applying to move later.
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This depended on the task, but everyday uniform wear included: Uniform trousers and shirt, soft body armor, duty belt with radio, handcuffs, collapsible steel baton, flashlight, leatherman, pistol, pistol magazines, keepers and occasionally a spare pouch for a gps, and sometimes a medical pouch. In your pockets you'd bring a knife or two, handheld gps, notepads, pens, batteries for all of your stuff. You'd always bring a pair or two of gloves for searching stuff, boots. When out on foot for any length of time you'd take a camelbak with water, some food, etc. If needed a shotgun or M4 carbine was available. You'd end up toting around perhaps 25 lbs. of junk. Not much, but enough that you'd feel it when you took it off at the end of the day.
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No. The SS card/green card etc. would be recorded as null and void. A simple scan would indicate that the Bosnian citizen is no longer legally entitled to be in the U.S.
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I have no idea how Mexican citizenship works, and what they consider citizens. Since the children were born in the United States they are U.S. citizens. The United States does not recognize dual citizenship, so as far as our country is concerned they are U.S. citizens. I do not know how Mexico qualifies whether or not a person born abroad is a citizen or not.
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You mean that she's been in Mexico for 13 years, or that she's been in the U.S. for 13 years and recently went back to Mexico and was caught coming in? If she's legally applying for status or citizenship then she's just made a huge mistake. Illegal entries during the application process will negate the application completely and she will be refused entry. If she has been deported, she will have a 5 year ban on legal application, and a subsequent deportation will result in a further ban (I believe it's 10 or 20 years). There is no point in breaking the law while trying to legally do something.
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