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The U.S. CBP Border Patrol is joining with America's Team to help recruit more than 4,000 new agents the federal agency wants to hire before the end of 2008.Saturday afternoon, Laredo sector's Border Patrol Chief Carlos X. Carrillo announced the Laredo sector of BP is an official sponsor of the Dallas Cowboys. "The sponsorship will highlight career opportunities for men and women interested in a career with the Border Patrol," Carrillo said. "To become a Dallas Cowboy, it requires talent, hard work and dedication. To become a Border Patrol agent, it requires the same type of characteristics." The marketing campaign...

A Border Patrol chief at one of the nation's most dangerous Southwest border crossings says the agency's mission doesn't include apprehending illegal aliens or seizing narcotics — perplexing front-line agents and angering a congressional critic of illegal immigration. "I've said it before and I'll say it again," Carlos X. Carrillo, Border Patrol chief of Laredo, Texas, told guests at a town-hall meeting Thursday. "The Border Patrol's job is not to stop illegal immigrants. The Border Patrol's job is not to stop narcotics. ... The Border Patrol's mission is not to stop criminals. "The Border Patrol's mission is to stop terrorists...