The training facility for Border Patrol Agents remained at Camp Chigas in El Paso until 1951. From 1951 through 1960, training schools were held in five different locations in the southwest. In July 1961, the Academy was moved to a permanent location in Los Fresnos, Texas. The year 1977 brought yet another change for the Border Patrol Academy. After considerable negotiation between the INS and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC), a decision was made to relocate the Academy to the FLETC in Glynco, Georgia.

Since establishing the Border Patrol Academy at the FLETC in Georgia, the Border Patrol has experienced several hiring initiatives that required more facilities than the FLETC could provide. In cooperation with the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the Border Patrol established and maintained a temporary training facility at the Ft. McClellan Army base in Alabama, from 1988 to 1989. In 1990, the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, again in cooperation with the Border Patrol opened what is now the advanced training facility in Artesia, New Mexico. That advanced facility was used to instruct basic trainees in 1992 and 1995. In 1996 the Border Patrol was faced with yet another hiring initiative and has acquired the use of facilities at what once was the Charleston Naval Base in Charleston, South Carolina.

The Border Patrol basic training program has now returned to Artesia, New Mexico. The first class of Border Patrol agent recruits, Class 583, reported to Artesia on October 20, 2004. Commissioner Bonner welcomed the aspiring agents and said they were “training to become modern-day centurions, charged with guarding our country from all those who seek to harm us or violate our laws, whether they’re international terrorists or drug smugglers, illegal entrants or other criminals who intend to break our nation’s laws or who are likely to commit crimes in our country."