  Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 7616 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: Please note: quote: http://www.wwj.com/Customs-And -Border-Patrol-Job-Fair/375897 2 I know this really belongs in Connections, but any job opportunities require more exposure. | ||
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal Post Number: 252 Registered: 10-2007 |
Perhaps they could hire some people with manners and a clue. It would be nice to have some folks actually from this area working Customs around here. Someone who might understand the long peaceful and interactive history of the Detroit-Windsor border. Someone who, when I tell them I've been visiting my relatives in Canada, wouldn't treat me like an illegal immigrant with a trunk full of Iranians. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3582 Registered: 11-2007 |
I had a job coach call me on this. quote: That leaves me out. - Good luck all. | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 846 Registered: 04-2008 |
Canadians speak Spanish? | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 3653 Registered: 06-2008 |
"Canadians speak Spanish?" No, but Mexicans do. | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 847 Registered: 04-2008 |
So do Border Patrol Agents along the Mexican Border need to learn French? I would think anyone traveling between Canada and the U.S. would know enough English to say what country they are from and whether or not they are carrying anything. I can see giving special consideration for people that are multi-lingual, but I think making this a requirement is discriminatory. | ||
N7hn Member Username: N7hn Post Number: 156 Registered: 02-2008 |
and the age thing too....... | ||
Retroit Member Username: Retroit Post Number: 849 Registered: 04-2008 |
ACLU?... | ||
Ltdave Member Username: Ltdave Post Number: 326 Registered: 09-2006 |
are you able to deduct military time from your age to get under the 40yr age limit? i.e. ive got 8 years Air Force. can i deduct that from my 43yrs of age to 'be' 35? the national guard does this because they want you to be able to get '20 years' service by the time you make 62... and that age cant be right anyway because i shoot rifles with a guy who just came back from FLETC who is one year younger than i and he has no previous federal service... i dont know that he had to learn any spanish. there might be some cross over between customs border protection and border patrol... | ||
Navi Member Username: Navi Post Number: 30 Registered: 09-2005 |
Are all Americans required to speak English? I know that there's a bilingual Canadian one because there are Canadians who only speak French... | ||
N7hn Member Username: N7hn Post Number: 159 Registered: 02-2008 |
apparantly americans are required to speak spanish , english is optional | ||
Bosch Member Username: Bosch Post Number: 59 Registered: 11-2008 |
... must take training on how to be really obnoxious and ask stupid questions | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4054 Registered: 10-2003 |
Well, then, you've come to the right place, Bosch. This forum is the perfect training ground.  | ||
Ddaydave Member Username: Ddaydave Post Number: 356 Registered: 04-2005 |
I would bet money you must be willing to relocate. | ||
Gibran Member Username: Gibran Post Number: 4525 Registered: 02-2007 |
training is pretty rigorous and coupled with Spanish requirement it makes it pretty intense...my nephew-in-law's brother tried out at 35 and made all the way to training down in Texas and had to leave for physical reasons...however, if you are young and have MP training it could be a start... | ||
321brian Member Username: 321brian Post Number: 566 Registered: 02-2006 |
you have to learn spanish because all new agents are assigned to the southern border out of training. | ||
Gsgeorge Member Username: Gsgeorge Post Number: 686 Registered: 08-2006 |
All applicants required to be dreadful assholes who think everyone is a terrorist. | ||
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan Post Number: 4057 Registered: 10-2003 |
Anyone hear what's been changed up in the Soo, yesterday? Yep, it looks like they are starting to get more sensible about the borders, again. I can get with this change. Hopefully, they do it for the whole border and keep going. | ||
Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289 Post Number: 880 Registered: 08-2007 |
6 weeks away till I,m 40,and I can say cervesa and si. Am I in? Guess I need to watch Telemundo. | ||
Rid0617 Member Username: Rid0617 Post Number: 383 Registered: 03-2008 |
When I was a cop I applied with the Border Patrol. At the time I was with Fort Worth, TX police so the training in San Antonio wouldn't be bad. Part of what I didn't like was they could transfer you anywhere in the country. Also I refused to learn Spanish. | ||
Bigb23 Member Username: Bigb23 Post Number: 3588 Registered: 11-2007 |
no habla espanol ? press 7, then ext. 223, then ext. 327, then wait for operator # 6. | ||
Baselinepunk Member Username: Baselinepunk Post Number: 76 Registered: 03-2007 |
I haven't been over the boarder in years. One time soon after the towers fell, my wife and I went over for a promo thing. We were treated like a-holes on the Canadian side. Then coming back we saw armed US military at the US side. I'm not getting a passport, nor will I get one of those neat "info transmitting" cards they're offering now. It's too bad ... back in the day I went over at least 4 times a month. Of course that was when I was 19 and 20 years old. ;) I sometimes wonder just how much money I spent at Peppermints .... and Cheetahs .... | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 1041 Registered: 02-2008 |
If they let me keep all the Cuban cigars I confiscate I'll work for free. | ||
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker Post Number: 653 Registered: 02-2004 |
I have been trying to study the artificial language section of the test and I am not doing to hot any advice on how to prepare for it? I am scheduled to take the test soonish. | ||
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal Post Number: 258 Registered: 10-2007 |
Why would anyone object to learning Spanish? Especially for a job that would involve guarding our borders with a Spanish-speaking country? On the other hand, the way they run to border up here is scandalous. If they train you to be a total clueless rude asshole jerk like some of the people who work at the bridge and tunnel I don't think it's a job I'd ever want. | ||
Cheddar_bob Member Username: Cheddar_bob Post Number: 1693 Registered: 10-2003 |
My advice? Quit. Focus on English first. Rid0617, why would you "refuse" to learn a second language? Sounds pretty stubborn and short-sighted to refuse to better yourself "on principle". |
