From FoxNews.com - Border Patrol agents must navigate a patchwork of environmental regulations dating back decades in order to police for drug cartels, smugglers and illegal immigrants -- often on foot-and-horseback in some of the most vulnerable areas of the southwest border.
To unlock the legislative handcuffs, a group of House lawmakers are pushing a bill that would prohibit the Departments of Interior and Agriculture from taking any action that would "impede border security" on public lands. Read more
Border Patrol Navigating Reams of Regulation to Secure Federal Land
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Michael Swickard
on Monday, June 21, 2010
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