Less Than Half of Southwest Border Secure, Government Report Says

Just one month after Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the cancellation of a troubled virtual fence project along the southwest border, a new government report says that less than half of the 2,000 miles separating the U.S. and Mexico is "operationally controlled" by the Border Patrol. The Government Accountability Office report, released this week, found that only 129 miles are under "full control" of the Border Patrol, leaving the rest "vulnerable to cross-border illegal activity." The study examined the Border Patrol's ability to detect and respond not only to illegal activity on the immediate border but also after entry into...