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Original publisher: [Washington, D.C.] : U.S. General Accounting Office, [2004] OCLC Number: (OCoLC)56356296 Subject: Border patrols -- United States -- Evaluation. Excerpt: ... suited for crossing, where the Border Patrol believed its agents would have a tactical advantage. The strategy called for the Border Patrol to concentrate personnel and technology in a four-phased approach, starting first with the sectors with the highest levels of illegal immigration activity ( as measured by the number of illegal aliens apprehended ) and later moving to areas with the least activity. The strategy's four phases called for allocating additional Border Patrol resources to sectors along the borders in the following order, beginning in 1994, with no established timeframes for subsequent 7 phases. Phase I - the San Diego sector in California and El Paso sector in Texas. * * Phase II - the Tucson sector in Arizona and three sectors in south Texas - Del Rio, Laredo, and McAllen. Phase III - the remaining three sectors along the southwest border. * Phase IV - the northern border, gulf coast, and coastal waterways. * Since the beginning of the strategy, the number of authorized positions for Border Patrol agents has increased significantly for the Mexican border. By the beginning of fiscal year 2004, these positions had risen to about 9, 700 on the Mexican border, compared with about 3, 400 in fiscal year 1993. The Border Patrol has completed phase I and is currently in phase II of the strategy, during which time it has been deploying resources such as agents, technology, and infrastructure into the Tucson sector. Phase II is not complete. Border Patrol officials told us that areas remain where they have not deployed significant levels of resources because of limited resources. The September 11 terrorist attacks and continued threats of future attacks have directed congressional attention to security-related issues on the Canadian border and accelerated the implementation of the
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