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Golly, the question seems to assume that Border Patrol Officers are inherently prejudiced and would not eat Mexican food because they hate Mexicans. It sure seems slanted that way.The answer is Por supuesto! Of course many CBP officers eat Mexican food!Another question might be, “Do Border Patrol Agents eat Canadian or French Canadian food?”26 Canadian Foods You Need To Try20 Delicious French-Canadian Dishes | Food Network CanadaThe answer is of course many northern border Border Patrol Officers love Poutine and Split Pea Soup. Probably southern border CBP officers, too, although it is not common to find fresh cheese curds in El Paso markets.Border Patrol Officers also may love to eat Chinese food, Indian food, Korean food, Thai food, Argentinian food, German food and so on.______________________________________________________________________________________According to this quick fact check, 51% are Latino or Hispanic. Fact Check: Are Half of All Border Patrol Agents Hispanic?They are required to be bilingual: Training Academy and Requirements for Border Patrol Agent JobsThey must be a United States citizen and a resident of the U.S.They must be under the age of 40 (unless they qualify for veteran’s preference status).They must be fluent in Spanish or able to learn the Spanish language.They must possess a valid driver’s license.They must be able to pass a thorough background investigation, multiple physical fitness tests, a medical examination, a polygraph examination, and a drug test.Border Patrol is an arm of law enforcement. They don’t hire up because they hate people. They hire up to keep our borders secure, keep illegal drugs out of our country, work to end the cruel exotic animal trade and rescue people who are trying to enter illegally and need help.The Customs Border Patrol in fact work to make sure that the produce that comes into America is legal, free of disease and free of pests. California Border Protection Stations FaqsMaybe we should be more thankful that our imported fruits and vegetables are checked for diseases and pests that could decimate American agriculture.CBP shuts down fruit, vegetable imports from DRIn a way, CBP makes sure that the abundant and treasured imported fruits and vegetables are good for America’s farmers’ crops and our agricultural future health.Think about CBP as people. They are Americans who love to eat delicious ethnic foods just as the rest of us do.

You have at least 7-8 more years before you can apply to be an FBI Special Agent. At a minimum you must complete college and have a few years work experience or law school. So I'll lay out what you can do in the meantime to prepare yourself.1. You be an upstanding citizen don't do drugs, don't break the law, don't be delinquent in bills/student loans2. Complete your studies, being a good student with good grades can help but your skills are more important. I was hired and had a 2.89 GPA. I'm not recommending doing that but I'm just saying Grades aren't the most important part.3. Be physically fit. My squad-mate was the Fitness Test administrator and she failed so many applicants. The test isn't hard 1 minute of push ups, 1 minute of sit-ups, 1 mile run, 300m sprint and pull ups (those don't even count). The test may have changed slightly but train for the test.4. Have a skillset the FBI needs. So examine the website to see the skills they want from FBIJOBS.gov:Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)• Foreign Languages• Law• Emergency Medicine• Certified Public Accountants (CPAs)• Detectives• Military (specifically Special Forces, Explosives, WMD and Intelligence Experts)• Pilots (helicopter, fixed-wing)I got in with military experience in WMD. You go into a field where your passion lies that corresponds to one of these skills. The responses telling you to study criminal justice and/or become a cop are off base. Other fields are a better way to get in. However, I do think that joining the Air Force and working in OSI or Navy NCIS or Army CID is probably a good path (just my opinion). Those telling you to Major in a Foreign Language also probably don't know the program. In my Academy class there were numerous New Agent Trainees (NATs) that were hired for language (Vietnamese, Mandarin, Spanish). These NATs were all native speakers. The language test is so hard that unless you are a native speaker you will probably not pass. So go into a field that fits above that you are passionate about and do a good job.5. You have to actually apply. I can't tell you how many people have told me they want to be an FBI Agent. I ask them if they applied and they say no. You won't become a Special Agent (SA) unless you apply and stick with it.6. Apply for other FBI Jobs and other Federal Law Enforcement (1811 series) jobs. The FBI does hire SAs from other services and from within their own organization. For example one of the best SAs from my class was a former Secret Service agent. I also had a Border Patrol agent in my class. They often will hire from within the analyst and surveillance operations group (SOG) pool. Also maybe you'll find you enjoy being an IRS, Customs or ATF agent more, who knows?Good luck

Job Announcements for the United States Border Patrol are listed on USAJobs. Make sure you read the job announcement carefully. There are several different ones that can be or there. The poster would most likely be trying to qualify under the “direct hire” option.The current job announcements include both a GS-7 and GS-9 starting pay grade. Both require either work experience in a similar job field of 1 year equivalent to the next pay grade lower (GS-5, or GS-7) or a degree that provides similar experience. Your resume and how you state your experience in it will be critical.Time as a CBP Explorer may be counted as experience but it still depends on how you expires that experience in your resume. In general, a year at an “entry level” job might get you GS-7 starting grade. To get GS-9 you probably need a year of prior law enforcement experience, most likely as a sworn officer but maybe you could spin some higher end security guard time into it.The BP also sometimes hires at the GS-5 level. You usually just need any kind of work experience for over year to qualify, just don't write a completely terrible resume about it.Keep in mind, qualifying and being “hired” are completely different things. The BP also required, a background investigation, polygraph, passing an attitude test, either a Spanish profecincy test or a language aptitude test, medical examination, physical fitness test, and an “interview” test administered by current agents.That gets your foot in the door, you then must attend the Border Patrol Academy for approximately 6 months, pass all required tests (firearms, physical training, immigration law, nationality law, applied authority, driving, Spanish) and then have additional post academy training during your (currently) one year probationary period.