Posted on Sat, Sep. 20, 2008
Border Patrol recruiting agents in SC, Ga.


CHARLESTON, S.C. --The U.S. Border Patrol brings its hiring blitz South this weekend.

The agency recruits in four locations on Saturday in South Carolina and Georgia.

Two years ago, President Bush said he wanted to hire 6,000 more Border Patrol agents by the end of 2008. The agency needs to hire more than 800 by Dec. 31 to meet the goal.

The agency is responsible for patrolling 7,000 miles of border. Starting pay ranges from $36,000 to $46,000 a year.

In South Carolina, recruiting is set in North Charleston at the Embassy Suites at the Convention Center and at the Embassy Suites in Columbia on Stoneridge Drive.

The Georgia sites include the Atlanta Marriott Marquis and the Columbus Convention Center.



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