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Border Patrol’s New National Strategy Faces Challenges, GAO Says

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Both Presidents Bush and Obama are very hesitant regarding use of the military to secure the southwest border. Photo credit: DoD File Photo

Government border enforcement study assesses use of military resources

A section of the National Defense Authorization Act requires the Government Accountability Office examine the costs and benefits of an increased Department of Defense role in helping law enforcement officers secure the southwest land border. The mandate directed the GAO to submit a report to the U.S. Congress, which was released on April 18. The GAO report examined, among other things, [...]

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DHS oblivious to unauthorized foreigners In U.S., says new report
A number of representatives from watchdog groups, government agencies and the U.S. Congress are intensifying their criticism of the Obama Administration’s handling of illegal immigration and the Department of Homeland ...
Homeland Security staff suffer from low morale: New report
Chief Aguilar is regularly criticized by his own agents due to the perception he's a loyal Obama amnesty supporter. Credit: CBP/DHS The Department of Homeland Security, the nation’s third largest federal ...
U.S. bound cargo remains vulnerable to terrorists, WMD
It’s been more than a decade since Islamic terrorists attacked the U.S., yet the agency created to protect the nation from another strike is asleep at the wheel, failing to ...
Texas Border Coalition Urging Government to Beef Up Border Security
RIO GRANDE VALLEY - A group of South Texas leaders wants the federal government to open its wallet. The Texas Border Coalition says the government has already spent billions of ...
Feds fail to intercept nuclear terrorists
The GAO “Red Teams” were successful in sneaking radioactive material across both U.S. borders, yet the White House and members of Congress continue to ignore the threat. Practically nothing has been ...
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Fed Probe: “Significant Weaknesses” In Border Security
More than a decade after the deadliest terrorist attack in U.S. history, federal agents in charge of protecting the nation’s ports of entry are not qualified to perform their required ...
GAO reveals border security weakness despite Obama boasts
The Government Accountability Office examined the results of covert tests conducted over the last  year and — despite the boasting of President Barack Obama and his national security team – found significant weaknesses in ...
Immigration chaos: Millions of visa overstays add to illegal alien problem
Immigration chaos: Millions of visa overstays add to illegal alien problem
CTCEU arrests a small portion of the estimated 4 to 5.5 million overstays in the United States because of, among other things, competing priorities, but ICE expressed an intention to ...

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