United States Customs and Border Protection

Leadership & Staff

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Raul Ortiz US Border Patrol Chief

• Border Patrol chief (Aug 15 '21→?)

Brandon Judd National Border Patrol Council President

• Agent

R Gil Kerlikowske Director, Office of National Drug Policy (Confirmed 5-07-09)

• Commissioner

Chris Magnus Biden Commissioner of Customs and Border Protection U.S. Department of Homeland Security

• Commissioner (Dec '21→Nov 12 '22)*

Alexander Niejelow SVP, MasterCard

• Counselor and Special Assistant to the Commissioner ('10→'12)

Dwight Williams

• director of security (Jan '00→'04)

Carla Provost Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol

• Position

Max Bluestein Headquarters Branch Chief, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Headquarters Branch Chief [+1]

• Headquarters Branch Chief

Andrew Meehan Assistant Commissioner, Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

• Assistant Commissioner, Public Affairs, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Brian J Conroy Board member at Border Commerce Security Council

• Deputy executive director, deployment and sustainment of IT and Law Enforcement Technology ('08→?)

Child Organizations

INVNT "CBP Innovation Team"

• Project of

Parents

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal agency with homeland security responsibilities

• Parent Org [+1]

• Parent Org

Memberships

El Paso Intelligence Center A multi-agency intelligence center

• Member agency

Services & Transactions

General Atomics Sells drones to the US Government

• contract to maintain MQ-9 predator and guardian drones · 52,760,000 USD ('22→?)

Wickr software

• supplier · 700,000 USD ('19→?)

Skydio Largest commercial drone manufacturer in the US

• provides drones for Customs and Border Protection ('21→?)

Salesforce, Inc. Provider of digital marketing automation and analytics software and services

• Service Provider ('18→?)

PATHAR Social media monitoring company

• contractor

Elbit Systems of America U.S. arm of Israeli defense contractor

• Border Wall Tech Services (Aug '20→?)

Crossmatch A leading identity management and biometric technology company

• subcontractor

Unisys Provider of IT services, systems integration, consulting, and server technology.

• subcontractor

IRIS ID Iris ID was the first company to license, produce and market a commercially viable iris recognition product

• partner* [+1]

• subcontractor

Lobbied By

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Peck Madigan Jones Lobbying firm

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'01)

King & Spalding LLP Atlanta law firm

• Lobbying (for client) ('02)

Hanesbrands Consumer goods company

• Direct Lobbying ('07→'08)

Ryder System, Inc. Truck rental

• Direct Lobbying ('00)

Schagrin Assoc

• Lobbying (for client) ('02→'06)

William F Whitsitt Lobbyist

• Lobbying (for client) ('99)

Whitsitt William F

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'02)

Jbc Intl

• Lobbying (for client) ('00→'08)

Manatt Phelps & Phillips

• Lobbying (for client) ('02→'05)

Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP Law firm credited with spearheading tax inversions boom

• Lobbying (for client) ('99→'00)

Miscellaneous Relationships

New York State Intelligence Center

• Affiliation

First Common Pass Air Travel Regulated Flight October 2020 United Flight From London Heathrow To Newark International

• Overseen By (Oct '20→?)*

Office of Refugee Resettlement

• partner agency

Office of Biometric Identity Management DHS's repository and analytical center of human biometric information

• Affiliation