Sonja Velasco

Overseeing and supervising approximately 15-30 officers in an assigned area of operation to ensure port operations are running as needed to create a consistent flow of traffic while overseeing apprehensions

• Detected and seized contraband during thorough border inspections.
• Conducted interviews with travelers to assess risk and verify documentation.
• Prepared detailed reports on inspection findings and enforcement actions taken.
• Performed inspections of arriving and departing passengers, cargo and baggage to detect prohibited or restricted items.
• Identified fraudulent documents used in attempts to gain illegal entry into the country.
• Briefing higher management on conflicts and ways to resolve conflicts relevant to our agency’s mission as a whole
• Supervising and evaluating work activities regarding inspection and examination
• Coaching and mentoring employees while planning scheduling work on a daily basis
• Carrying out assignments, projects, or investigations intended to explore or resolve operations
• Interpreting laws and regulations relating to the admissibility of people, cargo, and conveyances
• Evaluating employee’s performance and conduct while resolving disciplinary actions
• Evaluating new officers’ primary inspections while offering tools and recommendations on efficiency and accuracy
• Adjudicating Immigration applications and updated system records such as CIS and Claims verifying the validity of the information
• Conducting secondary inspections of referrals from primary inspections through interviews and database queries
• Performing interviews, examine documentation, and carry out security checks (regarding terrorism, criminality, and/or other illegality) of individuals seeking to enter the United States
• Processing arrivals of persons, conveyances, and merchandise at the largest land port of entry in the United States
• Briefing higher management to determine case dispositions related to immigration detentions
• Overseeing cell checks for detainees under the care and custody of Admissibility Enforcement Unit
• (this is a federal job) salary: $132,420.00 USD annually. hours per week: 40-60

• Company Overview: (this is a federal job) salary: $103,244.00 USD annually. hours per week: 40-60
• Investigating and prosecuting subjects in violation of criminal law in accordance with policies and procedures
• Conducting investigations on Human Trafficking organizations by forming operations in high human smuggling locations in San Diego and investigation Port of Entry human smuggling events
• Conducted investigations on state prosecution narcotics crimes
• Conducted criminal investigations from subjects in violation of 8 United States Code (USC) 1326- re-entry After Deportation, 8 USC 1324, - Alien Smuggling and 8 USC 1544- Fraud/Misuse of Passport
• Working closely and enhancing the relationship with partner agencies such as Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), US Marshalls and US Attorney’s office to target specific threats
• Securing evidence, interviewing suspects and witnesses to prepare prosecution packets in compliance with local court procedures
• Providing advice and technical assistance to US Attorney’s Office and other law enforcement agencies on matters related to CBP’s mission, policies, procedures
• Performing anti-fraud duties by interviewing and prosecuting subjects utilizing counterfeit documents, or subjects coaching people to withhold information or be untruthful
• Conducted interviews on suspects and witnesses to gather and collect information for preparing reports and court documents for criminal charges
• Detecting deceptive responses and eliciting information from subjects to analyze responses in support of general criminal and administrative actions
• Performed federal, state and local law enforcement related database queries
• Prepared reports in support of criminal or administrative actions
• Facilitating information between CBP and Mexican foreign counterparts to target crime abroad from US and Mexican citizens
• Relaying intel from smuggling cases to appropriate special units for further analysis and interdictions
• Targeting, screening and vetting individuals that may be related to smuggling using computer analysis systems accesses such as Treasury Enforcement Communications System (TECS), Central Index System (CIS), National Crime and Information Center (NCIC), Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS), and Person Centric Query Service (PCQS)
• Performing Enforcement Operations to identify criminal activity inland related to unwitting subjects smuggling people into the United States
• Collecting, analyzing information and evidence such as phones, computers, vehicles, property in support of criminal and administrative actions
• (this is a federal job) salary: $103,244.00 USD annually. hours per week: 40-60

• Prepare responses to inquiries from peers and management regarding existing immigration enforcement and anti-fraud actions
• Utilize attention to detail and extensive knowledge in SIGMA, CIS, CLAIMS, CSIS, SEVIS, ATS and TECS systems which allow me to add and create events related to customs seizures, immigration adverse actions, and administrative adverse actions
• Create case files, creating fins numbers, and booking/creating FBI records on subjects based on the applicable violation of law
• Analyzing immigration laws, policies, and precedent decisions
• Analyzing information and documents to determine credibility and eligibility for immigration benefits
• Writing final determinations with legal analysis to support decisions and assist with immigration process
• Coordinating with ICE, Enforcement Removal Officers to transport detainees to other detention facilities, or prepared parole from port of entry
• Serving as technical expert in immigration violation determinations