Border security and who is responsible for it / Nevio Graziano, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Graziano, Nevio.

Series:

Defense, security and strategy series.

Defense, security and strategy series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Border security--United States.

Border security.

United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Science Publishers, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This text explores US border security and the role of the key agencies and their missions. The book consists of public documents which have been located, gathered, combined, reformatted, and enhanced with a subject index, selectively edited and bound to provide easy access.

Contents:

Intro

BORDER SECURITY AND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR IT

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Contents

Preface

Border Security: Key Agencies and Their Missions

Summary

The Bureau of Customs and Border

Protection (CBP)

Bureau of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE)

The United States Coast Guard

The Transportation Security

Administration (TSA)

Conclusion

End Notes

Border Security: The Role of the

U.S. Border Patrol

Background

Organization and Composition

Evolution of the National Strategic Plan

National Border Patrol Strategy

Budget and Resources

Surveillance Assets (Secure Border Initiative)

Automated Biometrics Identification System (IDENT)

Apprehensions Statistics

Multiple Apprehensions

Successful Illegal Entries

Multiple Correlations

Southwest Border

Prevention through Deterrence in Action

Southern Border Manpower

SW Border Apprehensions

Border Safety Initiative

Interior Repatriation Program

Northern Border

U.S.-Canadian Cooperation

Northern Border Manpower

Integrated Border Enforcement Teams (IBET)

Northern Border Apprehensions

Border Patrol Issues for Congress

9/11 Report and the Northern Border

Migrant Deaths

Attacks on Border Patrol Agents

Interior Enforcement64

Integration of IDENT/IAFIS Law Enforcement Databases

Deployment of SBInet

Coordination with Other Federal Agencies

Civilian Patrol Groups

Civilian Humanitarian Groups

Staffing and Training Issues

Agent Attrition

Chapter Sources

Index.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-61761-459-9

OCLC:

830627855