Training the Special Response Team of the Border Patrol. The SRT or Special Response TEam is a relatively new wing of the United States Border Patrol designed to be a more militaristic, SWAT style operational group that can enforce border policy. During the past decade, millions of Mexican and Central American migrants have left their homes and families, faced death on the journey to the United States and lived under the specter of criminality once in this country. Despite these obstacles, these resilient immigrants are transforming American culture and posing fundamental questions of justice, citizenship, and labor to the country.