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Border Patrol Will Increase Goal for Miles of Border Secured

BIGbelly Wrote: Sep 23, 2009 7:16 AM

There is a rumour out there that there is already some 3000 holes in the new fencing, but I have to say at least there is new fencing, all we have to do now is start controlling the fake visas.

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Border Patrol Will Increase Goal for Miles of Border Secured

U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency in the Department of Homeland Security that is responsible for securing the nation's land borders, says it will increase its goal for the number of border miles it will have under "effective control" in fiscal year 2010, CBP Director of Media Relations Lloyd Easterling told me this week.

The goal will be increased from the previously set mark of 815 to at least 894, the number of miles the Border Patrol says is under "effective control" as of now.

At the same time, the Border Patrol will carry out a plan to reduce...

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