BORDER PATROL RECRUITMENT EXAM
ACTUAL QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY PACK
●● 5 tactics Border Patrol uses to carry out the mission
Answer: Linewatch, Roving Patrol, City Patrol, Transportation Check,
and Immigration Checkpoints
●● What is a subpoena
Answer: a legal document that orders someone to answer questions or
produce information
●● INA 235 (d) (1) (search conveyance)
Answer: allows agents to board and search any vessel, vehicle or
conveyance and agent believes aliens are being brought into U.S.
●● What two provisions does Title 19 allow if factual requirements are
present
Answer: #1. 19 U.S.C. 1581 allows for (FEB) inbound or outbound
allows for searches of vehicles at the functional equivalent of the border
#2 19 U.S.C. 482 allows for extended border search
-need Reasonable certainty of border nexus
,-No material change
-Reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
●● INA 287 (a)(3) (Private Lands)
Answer: enter onto privately owned lands within 25 miles of the border
-cannot enter Dwellings, curtilage, or REP
●● INA 274 (b) and U.S.C. 1324 (b) (Seizure of conveyences)
Answer: allows for agents to seize vehicles, vessels, or aircraft where
Probable Cause has been developed that the convenience has been used
to smuggle aliens
●● U.S.C. 1595 (a)(a) (Seizure of conveyance for forfeiture)
Answer: allows agents to seize for forfeiture every conveyance used any
way to aid the entry into the United States contrary to law
●● INA 252 (a) How many days does an alien crewman have a
conditional permit to land? According INA 252 (b) agent can do what to
their conditional permit?
Answer: 29 days; they can revoke permit and order the master of
convenience to detain the alien crewman on board for inspection
●● INA 287 (a)(2) (Border Patrols Arrest Authority)
, Answer: allows the agent with probable cause to arrest the alien in
violation of any immigration law or regulation and is likely to escape
before a warrant can be obtained
●● U.S.C 1589a Arrest for federal felony or misdemeanor if
Answer: if there is probable cause that a federal offense (felony or
misdemeanor) occurs in agents presence as well if a federal felony
occurs outside the agents presence.
●● Alien has the right to request
Answer: consular official and if alien is under the age of 18 and agent is
unable to contact parent or guardian, agent must notify consulate of
juvenile arrest
●● 3 steps when transporting juvenile
Answer: 1. Call in starting time and mileage of denture and proper route
of travel
2. Stay in radio contact to the degree technically possible during
transport
3. Call in ending time and mileage upon arrival.
●● INA 235 (b)(1),(2) Allows for agents to keep inadmissible aliens in
custody until
Answer: they are removed from U.S.
ACTUAL QUESTIONS VERIFIED ANSWERS
COMPLETE STUDY PACK
●● 5 tactics Border Patrol uses to carry out the mission
Answer: Linewatch, Roving Patrol, City Patrol, Transportation Check,
and Immigration Checkpoints
●● What is a subpoena
Answer: a legal document that orders someone to answer questions or
produce information
●● INA 235 (d) (1) (search conveyance)
Answer: allows agents to board and search any vessel, vehicle or
conveyance and agent believes aliens are being brought into U.S.
●● What two provisions does Title 19 allow if factual requirements are
present
Answer: #1. 19 U.S.C. 1581 allows for (FEB) inbound or outbound
allows for searches of vehicles at the functional equivalent of the border
#2 19 U.S.C. 482 allows for extended border search
-need Reasonable certainty of border nexus
,-No material change
-Reasonable suspicion of criminal activity
●● INA 287 (a)(3) (Private Lands)
Answer: enter onto privately owned lands within 25 miles of the border
-cannot enter Dwellings, curtilage, or REP
●● INA 274 (b) and U.S.C. 1324 (b) (Seizure of conveyences)
Answer: allows for agents to seize vehicles, vessels, or aircraft where
Probable Cause has been developed that the convenience has been used
to smuggle aliens
●● U.S.C. 1595 (a)(a) (Seizure of conveyance for forfeiture)
Answer: allows agents to seize for forfeiture every conveyance used any
way to aid the entry into the United States contrary to law
●● INA 252 (a) How many days does an alien crewman have a
conditional permit to land? According INA 252 (b) agent can do what to
their conditional permit?
Answer: 29 days; they can revoke permit and order the master of
convenience to detain the alien crewman on board for inspection
●● INA 287 (a)(2) (Border Patrols Arrest Authority)
, Answer: allows the agent with probable cause to arrest the alien in
violation of any immigration law or regulation and is likely to escape
before a warrant can be obtained
●● U.S.C 1589a Arrest for federal felony or misdemeanor if
Answer: if there is probable cause that a federal offense (felony or
misdemeanor) occurs in agents presence as well if a federal felony
occurs outside the agents presence.
●● Alien has the right to request
Answer: consular official and if alien is under the age of 18 and agent is
unable to contact parent or guardian, agent must notify consulate of
juvenile arrest
●● 3 steps when transporting juvenile
Answer: 1. Call in starting time and mileage of denture and proper route
of travel
2. Stay in radio contact to the degree technically possible during
transport
3. Call in ending time and mileage upon arrival.
●● INA 235 (b)(1),(2) Allows for agents to keep inadmissible aliens in
custody until
Answer: they are removed from U.S.
