Leadership/Organization

Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner
Mark A. Morgan

Mark A. Morgan is the Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). In this leadership position, he oversees 60,000 employees, manages a budget of over $13 billion, and ensures the effective operations of CBP’s mission to protect national security while promoting economic prosperity. Mr. Morgan directs CBP’s three core missions, counterterrorism, border security, and trade enforcement, while facilitating $4 trillion in trade and facilitating travel of over 410 million people through ports of entry. He oversees the largest law enforcement agency and the second-largest revenue-collecting source in the federal government.

DEPUTY COMMISSIONER
Robert E. Perez

Robert E. Perez has served as the Deputy Commissioner for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) since July 2018. In this role, he is the agency’s senior career official, working closely with the Commissioner to lead the nation’s largest law enforcement agency of more than 60,000 employees and manage a budget of nearly $15 billion. As Deputy Commissioner, Mr. Perez oversees the vast range of CBP’s national security mission, including protecting our Nation’s border from terrorists and terrorist weapons, securing and facilitating lawful trade and travel, keeping illegal drugs and illegal aliens from crossing our borders, enforcing our trade laws and protecting our Nation’s food supply and agriculture industry from pests and disease.