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Border Patrol celebrates 90 years of guarding borders

A federal agency with a major presence in north-central Montana is celebrating its 90th birthday today.

U.S. Border Patrol was authorized by Congress in 1924 as part of the Immigration Bureau of the Department of Labor.

It has been part of north-central Montana almost as long, with the Spokane Sector creating an office in Havre July 31, 1924. The town became home to the Havre Sector headquarters, which oversees 452 miles of U.S.-Canadian border from the North Dakota border to the Continental Divide, in 1933.

Havre Sector Chief Patrol Agent Christopher Richards said in a recent interview...

 

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