Border Trade Alliance Argues for Funding 1,200 CBP Officers

The Border Trade Alliance is asking House and Senate appropriators to dedicate enough funding to hire an additional 1,200 CBP officers. "Current staffing levels fail to address the growing demands of travel and trade at our ports-of-entry," the Oct. 28 BTA letter said. Long waits increase supply chain costs, they said. Providing additional CBP officers at this time of growing volumes of international passengers and cargo would both reduce lengthy wait times and facilitate new economic opportunities in communities throughout the United States.