Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Less than half the US-Mexico border secured: report

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Less than half of the United States' porous southwest border with Mexico is under the operational control of the U.S. Border Patrol, a government watchdog reported on Tuesday.
The study by the Government Accountability Office said that the Border Patrol had achieved "varying levels of operational control" over just 873 miles, or 44 percent, of the nearly 2,000-mile border by the end of last year.
The report found that the number of miles under operational control

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