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Thinkpad (AXcess News) New York - Believe it or not: Border Patrol checkpoints have been reduced because of complaints about "traffic congestion" and "quality of life issues." Yet, many of the same people who complained are calling for more action to be taken against the onslaught of illegal aliens.

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Microsoft The US Border Patrol, a part of the Department of Homeland Security, aims to apprehend persons who illegally enter the United States between official ports of entry, including potential terrorists, aliens, and contraband smugglers, thereby deterring or stopping illegal activity. The Patrol operates permanent and tactical (temporary) interior traffic checkpoints on major and secondary US roads, mainly in the Southwest border states where most illegal entries occur, as part of a multilayer strategy to maximize detection and apprehension of illegal entrants.

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Laptop Computers The Border Patrol operates 33 permanent traffic checkpoints in 8 of its 9 sectors in the Southwest border states, supported by tactical checkpoints. While permanent checkpoints have the advantage of physical infrastructure, tactical ones have the mobility to block routes used to evade permanent ones and to respond to intelligence on illegal activity.

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Laptop Computer A third type of checkpoint operates in the Tucson, Ariz. sector, where the Patrol has been legislatively prohibited from funding construction of checkpoints since fiscal year 1999. This restriction has prevented checkpoint construction. The Patrol also began closing or relocating checkpoints in the sector every 7 days at the instruction of congressional staff in June 2002, and was legislatively required to relocate checkpoints on the same schedule in FY 2003 and 2004, and an average of once every 14 days in FY 2005.

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Desktop Computer Three of six checkpoints in the sector had to close for 7 to 14 days, as safety considerations made it too hazardous to relocate them. Local law enforcement and business and community leaders interviewed from communities near interior traffic checkpoints said that benefits resulting from checkpoint operations included reductions in crime and vandalism. Although a few cited traffic delays, most were supportive of checkpoint operations.

Notebooks However, some others were concerned about the impact of the checkpoints on traffic congestion and quality of life in their communities. The Border Patrol does not routinely evaluate the effectiveness of checkpoint operations, or their costs. The Patrol includes limited traditional performance measures in its Performance and Annual Report, such as apprehensions and contraband seized.

Lenovo The Government Accounting Office developed an apprehension per agent work year measure to assess performance. The data suggest that the performance of the Tucson sector interior checkpoints dropped starting in FY 2002, and more in FY 2003, after the Border Patrol began relocating or closing them on a regular basis. Three other sectors the GAO visited that did not have to relocate or close checkpoints experienced no comparable decrease in apprehensions per agent work year during the same time period. In other words, closing checkpoints results in fewer apprehensions.

Hard Drive Other factors not measured or accounted for might also have contributed to these outcomes, but the Border Patrol's limited measures do not capture or assess them. A broader range of performance measures, when considered with other indicators, could be useful to Customs and Border Protection and the Congress as they consider ways to improve the effectiveness of interior traffic checkpoints and border security efforts.

Travelstar Sources: US Border Patrol, US Customs and Border Protection, US Department of Homeland Security, Government Accounting Office, National Association of Chiefs of Police

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