1. News
 / Modified aug 3, 2018 3:10 p.m.

National Guard Helping Customs Officers at Ports of Entry

There are currently 140 vacancies at ports in Nogales.

Four months after the National Guard began deploying to border states, the guard is getting an expanded role at Arizona's ports of entry. In Nogales, Customs and Border Protection has about 140 vacancies at the ports of entry. About 40 guard troops are assisting customs officers. Col. Hoyt Slocum described some of their responsibilities.

Arizona 360
Arizona 360 airs Fridays at 8:30 p.m. on PBS 6 and Saturdays at 8 p.m. on PBS 6 PLUS. See more from Arizona 360.
MORE: Arizona 360 Segments
By posting comments, you agree to our
AZPM encourages comments, but comments that contain profanity, unrelated information, threats, libel, defamatory statements, obscenities, pornography or that violate the law are not allowed. Comments that promote commercial products or services are not allowed. Comments in violation of this policy will be removed. Continued posting of comments that violate this policy will result in the commenter being banned from the site.

By submitting your comments, you hereby give AZPM the right to post your comments and potentially use them in any other form of media operated by this institution.
AZPM is a service of the University of Arizona and our broadcast stations are licensed to the Arizona Board of Regents who hold the trademarks for Arizona Public Media and AZPM. We respectfully acknowledge the University of Arizona is on the land and territories of Indigenous peoples.
The University of Arizona