Border Security : The Role of the U.S. Border Patrol.

Describes Border Patrol organization and composition, including national strategic plan, budget and resources, information systems, and apprehension statistics. Reviews Border Patrol operations along the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada, and discusses policy issues related to the Border Patrol, i...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2008.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Aliens. Border security. Budget > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Describes Border Patrol organization and composition, including national strategic plan, budget and resources, information systems, and apprehension statistics. Reviews Border Patrol operations along the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada, and discusses policy issues related to the Border Patrol, including terrorism prevention, migrant deaths, attacks on Border Patrol agents, interior enforcement, integration of Border Patrol and FBI databases, Border Patrol coordination with other Federal agencies, activities of civilian border groups, agency staffing and training issues, and attrition. Includes graphs.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Dec. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.