GAO report faults Border Patrol on checkpoints

08-29-2009 • Arizona Republic

One of the findings of a Government Accountability Office draft report was that the Border Patrol hasn't documented how many agents it needs to confront smugglers sneaking around a proposed permanent checkpoint on Interstate 19 in southern Arizona.

Residents near a southern Arizona checkpoint have complained that illegal immigrants and smugglers are flooding their community as they sneak around the roadblock. The Border Patrol operates a checkpoint at an overpass in Tubac, Ariz.

1 Comments in Response to GAO report faults Border Patrol on checkpoints

Comment by Anonymous

Entered on: 8/29/2009 10:17:14 PM

I worked Nogales Border Patrol check-points for several years and while I had little time for Rep. Kolbe I must agree that he was right; mobile check-points are far more effective than fixed. Generally, only the ignorant, unlucky, stupid, and sacrificial lambs are caught at fixed locations. Add to that, the Tubac location they wish to extablish a permanent check-point at is far from being the best of sites.

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