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Border crisis

Audit: Border Patrol hampered by outdated technology, flawed evaluation of new equipment – Cronkite News

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is lagging in updated technology and staff needed to secure the 1,954-mile Southwest border with Mexico, according to a February inspector general’s audit by the Department of Homeland Security. Customs and Border Protection has acquired just 28% of the new technology planned for border detections, despite receiving $743 million for such upgrades
U.S. Government

Watchdog: Federal anti-terror unit investigated journalists

A special Customs and Border Protection unit used sensitive government databases intended to track terrorists to investigate as many as 20 U.S.-based journalists, including a Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press reporter, according to a federal watchdog. Yahoo News, which published an extensive report on the investigation, also found that the unit, the Counter Network Division, queried
Border Towns

Reopening of border after 20 months is both exciting and low key in Nogales

The city had a celebratory if low-key border reopening Monday, as visitors in cars and on foot crossed north for the first time since March 2020, when the U.S. banned all nonessential travel because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Fully vaccinated visitors were met with quick lines and a sign proclaiming “Welcome back to Nogales, AZ,

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