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rulemylife -> RE: Lets cut border patrol (9/25/2009 8:19:02 PM)
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ORIGINAL: gift4mistress
http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/54514
It appears as if the government is looking to cut 384 border patrol units. Personally, I find this to be contrary to protecting us. The fact that none of the major news agencies (i.e cbs/fox) has yet to shed this in to the public light is awful and devastating to this nation.
From your link:
Easterling said on Tuesday that in fiscal 2009, 17,399 Border Patrol agents have been deployed on the U.S.-Mexico border. In fiscal year 2010, the Border Patrol plans to decrease that by 384 agents, leaving 17,015 deployed along the Mexican frontier. At the same time, the number of Border Patrol agents deployed on the U.S.-Canada border will be increased by 414, from a fiscal 2009 total of 1,798 agents to a fiscal 2010 total of 2,212.
GAO-09-93, Northern Border Security
The United States shares nearly 4,000 miles of border with Canada
stretching from the Pacific to the Atlantic coasts, and the U.S.-
Canadian border is considered to be the world's longest open border
between two nations.
There is a great deal of trade and travel across
this border, and approximately 90 percent of Canada's population lives
within 100 miles of the U.S. border.
While legal trade is predominant,
DHS reports networks of illicit criminal activity and smuggling of
drugs, currency, people, and weapons between the two countries.
Annually, CBP reports making approximately 4,000 arrests and interdicts
approximately 40,000 pounds of illegal drugs at and between the
northern border ports of entry.
Historically, these numbers have been
significantly lower than those of the southwest border;[Footnote 5]
however, DHS reports that the terrorist threat on the northern border
is higher, given the large expanse of area with limited law enforcement
coverage.
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