In summary, the GAO presentation was misleading from the beginning. It
ignored fundamental facts regarding alien interdiction rates inside the
country vs the actual border. It misrepresented Border Patrol legal
authority at interior checkpoints in comparison to the actual border.
And it brazenly claimed interior checkpoints are needed because ports
of entry are designed to be purposefully ineffective so as to not
overly burden border traffic and commerce.
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