Oscar
Charleston, SC
Male, 31
Spent a bit over four years (2006-2010) serving as a Border Patrol Agent in Tucson Sector, AZ: the busiest sector in the country. Worked numerous positions, and spent the last year and a half operating/instructing ground radar installations. Duties included: field patrols, transport, processing, control room duties, transportation check, checkpoint operations, static watch duties, etc.
This depends on where you are, and what is occurring. Many states and locations have laws preventing people from filming or recording people who are working without their consent. I do not believe it is a felony. However you could not go into a McDonalds and film people against their consent or you'd be asked to leave as its private property. We were often filmed or photographed...I was even cursed by an Indian witch doctor (yep!). Normally it's not illegal. There are certain security precautions though around port-of-entries (legal entry points into the US) where filming and audio recordings are illegal because you could be a terrorist/criminal attempting to analyze security features etc. Just depends where you are.
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You can report people to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) but you'd have to provide a lot of information regarding proof that they are here illegally. Also, if a person crosses the border illegally their "reason" doesn't matter. It is still a crime.
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If I had to make an educated guess in our AOR when I was working, perhaps 30% or so were actually apprehended. That doesn't count people who are caught later or further in the country (which is exceedingly rare). We'd catch about 75% of the people we detected, spotted or picked up on radar etc. However there are loads of groups/people/drugs that we never detected (but would find signs of later).
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Nope. This has been discussed several times before.
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Yes, you can in the field. Obviously not in a station or holding area. Most agents tend to use dip in the field though, as cigarette smoke immediately gives away your location. As long as you're not in a government building, you can smoke. I don't believe they'd want you smoking at a POE or other check point location while working with people though. In the desert, patrolling? Sure.
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Not unless it is on your property and your state laws allow you to do so. Certain states will allow you to shoot someone invading your home property if you feel threatened. Most will not. This is why you see a large number of Americans being forced from their homes along the border, because the immigrants/cartels have made it impossible to stay there or live there safely.
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