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BORDER IDEAS * USA - Texas group warns of weaknesses at land ports
McAllen,TX,USA -The Associated Press/The Trucker, by CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN -12 Nov 2009: -- The country’s understaffed land ports of entry need massive investments in infrastructure, technology and personnel to avoid becoming the path of choice for human and drug smugglers, according to a report released Wednesday by a border advocacy group... The Texas Border Coalition, a group representing border city mayors, county judges and economic development commissions, called for $6 billion to improve land ports of entry and 5,000 new customs officers during the next four years. The group said the money is needed to correct the imbalance between the security at ports of entry and the security covering the points between... There are 42 land ports of entry on the southern and northern borders... The Texas Border Coalition, which opposed the border fence built along 670 miles of the southern border, plans to formally present its report at a conference Friday in Laredo... Labels: border projects
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