The Border Trade Alliance and our colleagues in the trade and travel community shared this letter with the House Appropriations Committee to coincide with Customs and Border Protection Acting Commissoner Troy Miller’s testimony on his agency’s FY 24 budget request.

“International travel and trade continue to rebound, but wait times to process travelers and cargo at our port-of-entry are growing. CBP needs additional personnel to alleviate critical staffing shortages throughout the system. The agency’s most recent workload staffing model shows a need to hire at least 1,750 CBP officers, 250 agriculture specialists, and 100 non-uniformed trade specialists to address current staffing shortfalls at the ports-of-entry.”