Border Patrol Launching Hiring Drive

October 3, 2011 4:29 PM

DETROIT (WWJ) – The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has launched a massive hiring drive. During a recruitment effort in Detroit, agent Sergio Segovia reported that 80,000 applicants are being sought.

Segovia says the agency wants men and women who are highly motivated.

“Your basic requirements for border control agent: You have to be between the ages of 18 – 40. For people who are over the age of forty, there is a waiver for prior military, prior federal law enforcement,â€