The Border Patrol has developed interim measures to assess progress in securing the nation’s land borders between ports of entry but has not established more comprehensive performance metrics, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) says in a report released this week. Apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the southwest border between the ports of entry, which is the Border Patrol’s interim performance goal and measure for border security, have decreased between FY ’06 and FY ’11 notes the report, Border Patrol: Key…
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