U.S. troop deployment cuts crossings from Mexico
Tagged: border, border patrol, Chertoff, Mexico, Michael ChertoffPosted on: February 22nd, 2007“Using troops to help secure the U.S. border with Mexico has cut the flow of illegal immigrants crossing north by more than 40 percent since June, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff said on Tuesday.
President George W. Bush ordered 6,000 National Guard troops to the border in May as a stopgap measure to boost frontier security for two years while more Border Patrol officers are recruited.”
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