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href="/border-security/international-initiatives/international-agreements/cmaa"> <span>Customs Mutual Agreements</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/border-security/international-initiatives/wco"> <span>World Customs Organization</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="usa-col"> <div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/border-security/frontline-against-fentanyl" class="usa-nav__link"> <span><strong>Frontline Against Fentanyl</strong></span> </a> </div> <ul id="basic-nav-section-Frontline-Against-Fentanyl-5" class="usa-nav__submenu-list"> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/border-security/frontline-against-fentanyl/operation-plaza-spike-fact-sheet"> <span>Operation Plaza Spike</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="usa-nav__primary-item"> <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link " aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="basic-mega-nav-section-4"> <span>Newsroom</span> <span class="expansion-indicator"></span> 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href="/newsroom/publications/performance-accountability-financial"> <span>Reports</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </li> <li class="usa-nav__primary-item"> <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link usa-current" aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="basic-mega-nav-section-5"> <span>About CBP</span> <span class="expansion-indicator"></span> </button> <div id="basic-mega-nav-section-5" class="usa-nav__submenu usa-megamenu" hidden=""> <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4"> <div class="desktop:grid-col-3"> <div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about" class="usa-nav__submenu-item-heading"> <span><h3>About CBP</h3></span> </a> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4"> <div class="usa-col"> <div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about" class="usa-nav__link"> <span><strong>Who We Are</strong></span> </a> </div> <ul id="basic-nav-section-Who-We-Are-1" class="usa-nav__submenu-list"> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/newsroom/stats/typical-day-fy2023"> <span>A Typical Day at CBP</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/cbp-snapshot"> <span>CBP Snapshot of Operations</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/document/publications/cbp-strategy-2024-2028"> <span>Vision and Strategy 2025</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about/civil-rights-liberties"> <span>Civil Rights and Civil Liberties</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about/labs-scientific-svcs"> <span>Labs and Scientific Services</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> <div class="usa-col"> <div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about" class="usa-nav__link"> <span><strong>Learn About CBP</strong></span> </a> </div> <ul id="basic-nav-section-Learn-About-CBP-2" class="usa-nav__submenu-list"> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a href="/about/contact"> <span>Contact Us</span> </a> </li> <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item"> <a 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Feeds</span> </a> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </div> </aside> <div class="region-content region-content desktop:grid-col-6"> <div class="region region-content"> <div data-drupal-messages-fallback class="hidden"></div> <div id="block-pagetitle" class="block block-core block-page-title-block"> <h1 id="page-title" class="uswds-page-title page-title"><span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">About CBP</span> </h1> </div> <div id="block-cbpd8-gov-theme-cbp-gov-theme-system-main" class="block block-system block-system-main-block"> <article> <div> <div class="block block-cbp-plugins block-cbp-languae-switcher"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><em>With more than 60,000 employees, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP, is one of the world's largest law enforcement organizations and is charged with keeping terrorists and their weapons out of the U.S. while 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