customs and border protection
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Customs and border protection is a government function responsible for regulating the movement of goods and people across national borders, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and safeguarding a country’s security and economic interests.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| customs and border protection canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T10781216 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: customs and border protection Context triple: [Commonwealth government, responsibility, customs and border protection]
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
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C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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D.
Servicio Nacional de Fronteras
Servicio Nacional de Fronteras is Panama’s specialized security force responsible for guarding and controlling the country’s land borders and adjacent areas.
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E.
CBSA
CBSA is the federal agency responsible for border security, customs, and immigration enforcement in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: customs and border protection Target entity description: Customs and border protection is a government function responsible for regulating the movement of goods and people across national borders, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and safeguarding a country’s security and economic interests.
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A.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the federal law enforcement agency responsible for securing U.S. borders and regulating the flow of people and goods into and out of the country.
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B.
Federal Office for Customs and Border Security
The Federal Office for Customs and Border Security is Switzerland’s national authority responsible for customs control, border security, and related law enforcement tasks.
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C.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a U.S. federal agency under the Department of Homeland Security responsible for enforcing immigration laws, investigating cross-border crime, and managing the detention and removal of unauthorized immigrants.
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D.
Servicio Nacional de Fronteras
Servicio Nacional de Fronteras is Panama’s specialized security force responsible for guarding and controlling the country’s land borders and adjacent areas.
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E.
CBSA
CBSA is the federal agency responsible for border security, customs, and immigration enforcement in Canada.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | federal law enforcement agency ⓘ |
| abbreviation |
CBP
ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
|
| cooperatesWith |
Transportation Security Administration
ⓘ
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration and Customs Enforcement
United States Coast Guard ⓘ state and local law enforcement agencies in border regions ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| dateFounded | 2003-03-01 ⓘ |
| employs |
Border Patrol agents
ⓘ
CBP officers ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
air and marine operations personnel ⓘ |
| formedByMergerOf |
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service border agricultural inspectors
ⓘ
Immigration and Naturalization Service (border functions) ⓘ
linked to:
Immigration and Naturalization Service
United States Customs Service (functions) ⓘ
linked to:
United States Customs Service
|
| headquartersLocation | Washington, D.C. ⓘ |
| jurisdiction |
United States air ports of entry
ⓘ
United States land borders ⓘ
linked to:
United States borders
United States sea ports of entry ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. ports of entry
|
| legalBasis | Homeland Security Act of 2002 ⓘ |
| monitors |
imported goods for compliance with health and safety regulations
ⓘ
imported goods for compliance with intellectual property rights ⓘ imported goods for compliance with trade laws ⓘ |
| motto | “Securing America’s Borders” ⓘ |
| objective |
detection and prevention of terrorism at borders
ⓘ
facilitation of lawful trade ⓘ facilitation of lawful travel ⓘ |
| oversees | preclearance operations at foreign airports ⓘ |
| parentAgency | United States Department of Homeland Security ⓘ |
| responsibility |
agricultural inspections at borders
ⓘ
border security ⓘ collection of customs duties ⓘ customs enforcement ⓘ immigration enforcement at ports of entry ⓘ interdiction of contraband ⓘ interdiction of illegal drugs ⓘ prevention of human trafficking across borders ⓘ prevention of illegal entry of persons ⓘ prevention of smuggling ⓘ protection of economic interests of the United States ⓘ protection of national security at borders ⓘ trade compliance enforcement ⓘ |
| subAgency |
Air and Marine Operations
ⓘ
Office of Field Operations ⓘ Office of Trade ⓘ United States Border Patrol ⓘ
linked to:
U.S. Border Patrol
|
| uses |
biometric identification systems at ports of entry
ⓘ
risk-based targeting systems for cargo screening ⓘ |
| website | https://www.cbp.gov ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: customs and border protection Description of subject: Customs and border protection is a government function responsible for regulating the movement of goods and people across national borders, enforcing immigration and trade laws, and safeguarding a country’s security and economic interests.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.