David Saldivar

Working as a border patrol agent on the southwest border has afforded me the opportunity to develop a well-rounded investigative portfolio. Over the last year, I have had the unique experience of working in multiple programmatic areas of inspection within the Border Patrol mission. During this time period, I have worked with federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies.

The accelerated work tempo in the El Paso sector has required that I hone my time management, administrative, and case management skills. I am often required to carry a heavy workload during the arrest of individuals, while still finding time to assist my teammates in the office. On a routine basis, I have been entrusted by management to serve as a case agent during my probationary period.

Immigration Investigations: I have self-initiated human smuggling conspiracy cases, leading to the arrest of individuals, and referred them to HSI for prosecution.

I have assisted with the investigation of 18 USC 1356: Fraud and Misuse of Visas, Permits, and other documents, which assisted HSI in an ongoing investigation.

I have made numerous arrests for 8 USC 1325: Improper Entry by an Alien. I have made numerous arrests for 8 USC 1326: Illegal Reentry and for 8 USC 1324: Alien Smuggling.

I have investigated numerous human smuggling cases at the Border Patrol checkpoints, which were referred to HSI for prosecution.

I performed the full range of inspection, enforcement, and examination work relating to the enforcement of immigration and other agency laws and regulations concerning the following functional areas: interdiction of narcotics; searching suspected violators of laws; seizing prohibited or smuggled articles; searching conveyances; detecting and seizing contraband; verifying immigration status; determining the admissibility of persons attempting to travel within the country after entry at a port of entry in the United States; primary inspection activities, which require obtaining a legal declaration; enforcing other assigned laws and regulations; taking actions concerning situations that may provide evidence of smuggling, fraud, terrorism, or other violations; detaining suspected violators of criminal laws; and inspecting and searching private and commercial vehicles. These skills are done utilizing name queries, vehicle queries, vehicle crossing history queries, criminal history queries, performing pre-primary roving operations, consulting Treasury Enforcement Communications Systems to include the National Crime Information Center, collecting facts and data pertaining to drug seizures, writing statements that are to be used in a court of law, creating lookouts, and preserving and protecting evidence.

• Managed student behavior by enforcing school rules and regulations.
• Collaborated with teachers, administrators, and other staff members to ensure quality instruction.
• Promoted an atmosphere conducive to encouraging critical thinking skills.
• Organized classroom activities, games and tasks to enhance interactive learning experience.
• Encouraged students to actively participate in class discussions.
• Created a safe learning environment for all students to be successful.

• 15-25 hours worked per week
• Helped customers find specific products, answered questions and offered product advice.
• Engaged customers in friendly, professional dialogue to determine needs.
• Assisted teammates with sales-processing tasks to meet daily sales goals.
• Completed daily recovery tasks to keep areas clean and neat for maximum productivity.
• Collected payments and provided accurate change.

• 20-30 hours worked per week
• Handled high volume sales with cash, credit and gift card transactions, balancing cash draw at end of shift.
• Monitored team sales targets and addressed deficiencies.
• Mentored employees in management of complicated sales, complex issues and difficult customers.
• Provided in-depth information on product features so customers could make educated buying decisions.
• Improved profitability by executing daily, weekly and monthly floor plan changes.

• 15-25 hours worked per week
• Followed instructions to properly arrange merchandise items.
• Organized storage of articles in bins, floor, shelves and assigned areas according to product categories.
• Replenished inventory with focus on addressing customer needs.
• Pulled, packed and converted orders for shipment with computer-generated work orders.
• Updated pricing and sales signs to promote merchandise.