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Originally posted by taco verde View PostThe Obama admin was also “ lenient” on immigration and more than 3000 agents were hired during his time in office. The only thing I see changing is border wall money will get diverted to more “technology” and “boots on the ground”. You might be more likely to get hired if Biden gets in.
To say the Obama administration was lenient on immigration is one of the biggest understatements of the decade. Your statement that an applicant is “more likely hired if Biden gets in” is laughable and not based in reality. Biden has already stated that wants to stop all removals (for at least a 100 days) and detain zero aliens. Sounds real pro enforcement to me..
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I imagine this hurt morale quite a bit. What did this mean for an agent in their day to day work life under the Obama administration?
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In the second half of the Obama administration we were prohibited from arresting about 80 percent of the illegal aliens we encountered (interior of the country). We could only arrest certain criminal aliens. Any arrest outside of the priorities had to be approved by the deputy field office director. I’ll give you an example. I was covering a local jail when an illegal alien with gang ties was arrested for a drive by shooting. He was bonding out of custody and I requested authorization to take this POS into our custody and was denied because he hadn’t been convicted yet. Not a unique scenario. There were literally hundreds and hundreds of aliens that we couldn’t arrest just at my office in any given year.
Those policies are coming back and fast... all they need to do is change the date and put a fresh signature on them.
I concur that there are definitely dark days ahead but more so for the country. The state of our elections is a disgrace. It’s not about winning and losing but this election showed we are no different than a Banana Republic or Communist Regime. It doesn’t matter who the people voted for but who counted the votes. In a few years we will be entering into Maduro territory where the Dem will get 98 percent of the vote but that vote tally will be made the day before the election.
I like many Americans can accept defeat in a legitimate election but this one was far from it.Last edited by OfficerDotCom; 11-06-2020, 12:11 PM.
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Has anyone had any movement beyond the background? I submitted my eqip about 3 months ago and haven't heard anything.
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Hello, everyone I recently became interested in cbp. I had a question regarding the process, is it long and tidious, and where do we do all the process, like going for medical, poly, ect? I currently work for the NYPD and i wanted to know if it was worth it.
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Got an interview and security interview invite. In the pipeline for two 1811 positions- grateful of course- lots to think about.
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Same for me. If they bumped the max pay grade to 13 for BP agents I would choose it 100% over the 1811 jobs I’m qualified for.
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Having been in both positions, I'm telling you now that if your decision is based on the difference between a 12 and 13, you're going to have a bad time.
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I think my decision will mostly be based on who is willing to hire me first, haha.
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Well I got notified that my medical waiver request was denied. But some good news. I did pick up an armed security job working alongside a police department on Project Safe Neighborhood. I've been trying to be an armed guard for quite some time, just didn't have the money for the class. So there's that. Good luck to you all. I may apply again in the future.
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What was so bad medically that they wouldn't let you in?
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porkchop23 mental health stuff. Without going into too much detail, when I wrote the waiver request, I was able to articulate clearly that my mental health did not affect how I work at my current job, but they denied it anyway for whatever reason.
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porkchop23 It's all good. This new job I picked up is a sweet gig. We ride out with the police department and do warrant runs and such.
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Got an email saying my security interview stuff was submitted to OPR for suitability review.
Don't think I've heard about this step in the process before.
Edit: the background portion on the CBP application "lit up" this morning, so I guess the security interview completion counts as the first part of the BI.Last edited by big_bob_69; 12-30-2020, 10:10 AM.
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Does anyone know if Spanish is part of the six month academy or if it is an additional few weeks at the end?
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Academy is currently 23 weeks (not including current two week ROM period or any other COVID related delays). The Spanish program consists of 15 weeks worth of Spanish with each “week” being 6 days long... so you end up attending Spanish classes almost the entirety of the academy. Just pay attention and study and you will pass, it’s made with the non-nativo in mind.
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I am now starting to make the uniformed sections of this blog aware of a resource for those who are looking at potential career broadening opportunities later on down the road (many uniformed officers switch to criminal investigations & make ideal 1811s due to their experience). The average starting age for 1811s usually hovers in the early 30s & for most, it is their second LEO job. Additionally, uniformed fed LEOs get to keep their retirement years, TSP contributions & often receive higher starting pay bands (the 5 year mark is perfect for making the switch). I hope this is useful to everyone on this forum:
The Special Agents Blog relates to all things "1811." It includes agency profiles, hiring advice, article links and videos pertaining to the Special Agent profession. My goal is for this website to be a great resources for current, past and future special agents. Content suggestions (ie articles, links, books) are ALWAYS welcome as providing a central repository is the intended goal.
www.specialagents.org OR Type "Special Agents Blog" into Google
I currently have agency profiles for HSI, DEA, FBI, ATF, Secret Service, DSS, IRS CI, USPIS, NCIS and now OSI.
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