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Border security still failing; 20,000 sneak in during audit.(Inside Track)(Brief article)
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers failed to stop roughly 1 in 10 illegal immigrants and serious drug and weapons violators from entering the United States through airports and official land border crossings last year, according to a report released on November 5 by the General Accountability Office (GAO), Congress' auditing arm.
While screeners at ports of entry turned back more than 200,000 foreigners in 2006, random audits indicate that they missed another 20,000 violators, according to the GAO.
Responding to the report, Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff vowed that his department will stiffen security ...
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