Documentary backdrop image for Border Security: America's Front Line (2016)

Documentary backdrop image for Border Security: America's Front Line (2016)

201622 minGdocumentary

7.7/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

Border Security: America's Front Line

201622 minGdocumentary

7.7/ 10(7 ratings)• TMDB

US Customs and Border Protection officers and agents work at various ports of entry to inspect travelers and cargo for illegal activities and contraband.

Genres

Synopsis

US Customs and Border Protection officers and agents work at various ports of entry to inspect travelers and cargo for illegal activities and contraband.

Synopsis

Border Security: America's Front Line follows the work of US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers and agents as they clear travelers at land, air and marine ports of entry, inspect cargo and secure America’s borders. In search of illegal travelers, weapons, and contraband, there's never a dull moment for the men and women who work for CBP.

Comments

What are people saying?

Play More Like This

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing (2025)

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing

The United States-Mexico border, the busiest in the world, is monitored by Customs and Border Protection to prevent the entry of drugs, weapons, and terrorists.

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings (2026)

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings

In the complex landscape of the Texas-Mexico border, Customs and Border Protection officers confront the challenges posed by Mexican cartels and illegal smuggling activities.

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail (2026)

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail

Customs and Border Protection's K9 units play a crucial role in intercepting drug shipments and illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, seizing millions in narcotics.

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border (2025)

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border

Customs and Border Protection officers on the U.S.-Mexico border intensify efforts to locate a kidnapped child amid drug smuggling operations.

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border

Sneakiest Hiding Spots (2025)

Sneakiest Hiding Spots

417 rounds of ammunition and multiple firearms are found concealed in children's clothing and toys during a border inspection.

Sneakiest Hiding Spots

The Wildest Custom Finds (2024)

The Wildest Custom Finds

HMS Trent has seized half a billion dollars worth of cocaine over five months of operations targeting drug smuggling in the Caribbean.

The Wildest Custom Finds

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers (2026)

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers

US Customs and Border Protection confronts drug cartels and human traffickers in the Caribbean, executing high-stakes operations that include a 204-kilogram cocaine seizure and a dramatic migrant rescue.

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation (2026)

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation

At the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders, Customs and Border Protection officers thwart a $300,000 cartel smuggling operation involving cocaine and illegal medications.

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More (2025)

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More

Latin America's extensive 35,000 kilometers of borders, particularly in Colombia, Peru, and Chile, are patrolled by law enforcement striving to combat illegal activities.

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK) (2026)

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK)

British Customs operates through the UK's Borders and Immigration Agency, employing immigration officers to combat illegal immigration and secure national borders.

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK)

Explore Border Security: America's Front Line

Browse more like this

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing (2025)

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing

The United States-Mexico border, the busiest in the world, is monitored by Customs and Border Protection to prevent the entry of drugs, weapons, and terrorists.

Suspicious Bag Hides DEADLY Secret at Texas Border Crossing

No digital watch option in your country

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings (2026)

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings

In the complex landscape of the Texas-Mexico border, Customs and Border Protection officers confront the challenges posed by Mexican cartels and illegal smuggling activities.

Only 14 years old and working for the cartel to support his siblings

No digital watch option in your country

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail (2026)

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail

Customs and Border Protection's K9 units play a crucial role in intercepting drug shipments and illegal crossings at the U.S.-Mexico border, seizing millions in narcotics.

Border Officers v Mexican Cartel: Sniffer Dogs Never Fail

No digital watch option in your country

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border (2025)

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border

Customs and Border Protection officers on the U.S.-Mexico border intensify efforts to locate a kidnapped child amid drug smuggling operations.

The Dramatic Search for a Child that was Kidnapped Across the Border

No digital watch option in your country

The Wildest Custom Finds (2024)

The Wildest Custom Finds

HMS Trent has seized half a billion dollars worth of cocaine over five months of operations targeting drug smuggling in the Caribbean.

The Wildest Custom Finds

No digital watch option in your country

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers (2026)

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers

US Customs and Border Protection confronts drug cartels and human traffickers in the Caribbean, executing high-stakes operations that include a 204-kilogram cocaine seizure and a dramatic migrant rescue.

Inside America's Deadly War Against Caribbean Smugglers

No digital watch option in your country

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation (2026)

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation

At the US-Mexico and US-Canada borders, Customs and Border Protection officers thwart a $300,000 cartel smuggling operation involving cocaine and illegal medications.

Customs Stop $300,000 Cartel Smuggling Operation

No digital watch option in your country

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More (2025)

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More

Latin America's extensive 35,000 kilometers of borders, particularly in Colombia, Peru, and Chile, are patrolled by law enforcement striving to combat illegal activities.

Border Force LATAM: Inside the Toughest Borders | Colombia, Peru, Chile & More

No digital watch option in your country

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK) (2026)

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK)

British Customs operates through the UK's Borders and Immigration Agency, employing immigration officers to combat illegal immigration and secure national borders.

How efficient is British Customs? | Border Force (UK)

No digital watch option in your country

Border Wars (2010)

Border Wars

2010•1h•★6.9TMDB

Air Interdiction Agents and Marine Interdiction Agents conduct high-stakes operations to apprehend illegal aliens and drug smugglers along U.S. borders.

To Catch a Smuggler (2020)

To Catch a Smuggler

2020•44m•★8.6TMDB

Millions enter the US through airports each year, while the Department of Homeland Security works to intercept contraband and prevent smuggling.

To Catch a Smuggler

Border Security: Australia's Front Line (2004)

Border Security: Australia's Front Line

2004•30m•★7.2TMDB

The program follows Australian Customs and Border Protection officers as they enforce customs, quarantine, and immigration laws at various locations, primarily airports.

Border Security: Australia's Front Line

Border Patrol (2002)

Border Patrol

2002•25m•★7.0TMDB

A New Zealand reality television series features Customs, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, and the Immigration Service checking for smuggled goods.

United States Secret Service: On the Front Line (2018)

United States Secret Service: On the Front Line

2018•1h28m•★10.0TMDB

Cameras embed inside the high-anxiety world of the United States Secret Service for 88 minutes, following a small cast of recurring agents.

United States Secret Service: On the Front Line

Border Control: Spain (2016)

Border Control: Spain

2016•45m•★7.7TMDB

Spain's Security and Customs Services face ongoing threats from drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and potential terrorist activities at its borders.

Border Control: Spain

Border Control: Europe (2020)

Border Control: Europe

2020•20m•★6.2TMDB

Millions of people and goods cross into Europe’s frontiers daily as border forces in Spain, Belgium, Germany, and Italy manage ports, airports, and land borders.

Border Control: Europe

Broken Land (2015)

Broken Land

2015•1h15m•★6.8TMDB

At the Mexican-US border, local residents patrol their land to prevent illegal migration, sharing their perspectives on immigration and security.

Line in The Sand (2024)

Line in The Sand

2024•1h40m•★8.5TMDB

James O'Keefe documents the perilous journeys of migrants along the Mexican border, exposing systemic corruption and conditions in U.S.-funded child detention camps.

Line in The Sand

Is this your film?

If you made this film or hold the rights to it, we'd like to talk. We can license it and pay you a share of what it earns.

License it with us →