''Border Wars'' is an American documentary television series on the National Geographic Channel. The program follows agents of the U.S. Border Patrol (USBP),

U.S. Customs and Border Protection United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is the largest federal law enforcement agency of the United States Department of Homeland Security. It is the country's primary border control organization, charged with regulating and facilit ...

(CBP),

Immigration and Customs Enforcement The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. ICE's stated mission is to protect the United States from the cross-border crime and illegal immigration th ...

(ICE), and other divisions of the

Department of Homeland Security The United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is the U.S. federal executive department responsible for public security, roughly comparable to the interior or home ministries of other countries. Its stated missions involve anti-terr ...

as they investigate and apprehend

illegal immigrants Illegal immigration is the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country or the continued residence without the legal right to live in that country. Illegal immigration tends to be financially upwa ...

, drug smugglers, and other criminals violating immigration laws. The series also follows Air Interdiction Agents, and Marine Interdiction Agents who patrol along the U.S.-Mexico border, as well as southern Florida and

Puerto Rico Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...

Episodes

Series overview

Season 1 (2010)

Season 2 (2010–11)

Season 3 (2011)

Season 4 (2012)

Season 5 (2012–13)

Reception

''Common Sense Media'' rated the show 3 out of 5 stars.

References

External links

* * {{National Geographic TV 2010s American documentary television series 2010 American television series debuts 2015 American television series endings National Geographic (American TV channel) original programming