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Border
and Transportation Security Directorate
Customs (Treasury), Immigration (Justice) and APHIS (Agriculture)
Passengers
- Customs, Immigration and Agriculture inspectors will be questioning
more people more closely as they cross the land border, or enter the
United States through international airports. As part of this process,
they will also more closely scrutinized travel documents.
- Customs inspectors will increase the number of vehicles referred to
secondary inspection areas for closer scrutiny with non-intrusive
inspection equipment.
Cargo
- Customs inspectors will increase the number of cargo containers and
trucks that they identify for additional screening with non-intrusive
inspection equipment.
Between Ports of Entry
- The Border Patrol’s Special Response and Border Search and Rescue
teams nationwide have been placed on standby and are prepared to deploy to
address specific threats as necessary.
Emergency Preparedness and Response
- FEMA is placing the on-call Emergency Response Team -National on
ALERT.
- FEMA is in regular contact with security Points of Contact to collect
and disseminate threat and intelligence information.
Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection Directorate
U.S. Coast Guard
- The U.S. Coast Guard is increasing its patrol operations with cutters,
aircraft and boats, and is closely monitoring maritime activity.
- The U.S. Coast Guard is working with state, local and other federal
agencies to increase security in the nation’s ports and on waterways.
U.S. Secret Service
- While the vast majority of steps are not observable to the general
public, the U.S. Secret Service is and remains at a heightened state of
alert.
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