BORDER PATROL SEQUESTRATION

By Aldo Figueroa

WHAT IS SEQUESTRATION?• The action of taking legal possession of assets until a debt has been paid

or other claims have been met (Budget Cuts).• Budget cuts are reducing funding for programs ranging from Head Start

and Meals on Wheels to the Department of Defense.

• Schools on military bases• Food Pantries• Farmers • Federal Courts• Public Broadcasting Transmitters• Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)• Luxuries Cruises

HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THE CBP AGENTS

• CBP stands to lose $512 million in fiscal year (OMB, 2013).• Sequestration has removed 5,000 agents off the line.• It has cost each agent $7,000 a year.• 10-14 hours shifts have been deduced to 8 hour shifts.

87% 6.4%

HOW IT AFFECTS US

• Traveling• Parks being closed• People getting laid off• Prices going up

• sequestration would reduce staffing at U.S. points of entry and airports security checkpoints, increasing wait times for travelers and slowing commerce across the country.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryYpavthA7w

• http://www.whitehouse.gov/issues/immigration

REFERENCES• Hicks, J. (2013, May 20). Sequester furloughs avoided for Customs and Border • Seper, J. (2013, April 1). Border Patrol agents dodge sequestration, avoid furloughs,

pay cuts - Washington Times• Darby, B. (2013, September 24). Source: Illegal Aliens from Mexico Increasing

Assaults on Border Patrol Agents• Trevizo, P. (2013, May 30). Border Patrol still facing furlough, OT questions.• (2013, March 8). Customs and Border Protection Sends Out Furlough Notices

Following Sequester | Fox News Latino• Berman, J. (2013, April 3). Sequester-related CBP cuts are on hold, says report -

Article from Logistics Management.• Seyfarth, S. (2013, May 1). Effects of sequestration: CBP releases info on effects on

border, traveler programs.