Thread: Border Patrol chief sees border control by 2013

SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The United States will have "operational control" of its border with Mexico by 2013 as it builds walls, installs surveillance equipment and beefs up manpower to keep out illegal immigrants, U.S. Border Patrol Director David Aguilar said on Wednesday.

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He said currently there are plans to put up 370 miles (592 km) of walls, but a high-tech network of radar, satellite technology, unmanned aerial vehicles and communications equipment will keep watch on most of the 2,000-mile border.

"We will have the capability to detect, classify, identify, respond to and resolve those border incursions," Aguilar told a border security conference.

"I made the statement that the U.S. Border Patrol will have operational control of that border by 2013," he said to reporters later.

The network, called Secure Border I-NET, will be tested this summer along a 28-mile stretch of the border south of Tucson, Arizona, Aguilar said.

"At the end of June or the first couple of weeks of July, we will flip the switch on the first piece of SBI-NET in Arizona, and that will be proof it works. I feel confident it will work."

"Not only will it enable detection of someone who crosses, but we can actually track that person making his way into the interior," he said.

Aguilar also said the number of Border Patrol agents will rise from the current 13,500 to 18,300 at the end of next year.

The U.S. Congress, under pressure mostly from conservatives who view illegal immigration as a top issue, has approved construction of 700 miles of border walls, but whether all of it will be built is uncertain.

Aguilar called border barriers a "rudimentary solution" for illegal immigration, but said they would be "absolutely necessary" in some areas.

"The 370 miles that we are committed to building are a starting point to where the fence best fits," he said.

Aguilar could not forecast when similarly extensive security measures would be in place along the Canadian border.
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2013 is not acceptable. 2007 is the only time acceptable.

We'll all be speaking Spanish and eating tacos by 2013.

Sure they'll have control by 2013. All the illegals who want to come will be here already.

U.S. Border Patrol Director David Aguilar- isn't this the guy who BP agents have no confidence in?

Originally Posted by had_enuf

Sure they'll have control by 2013. All the illegals who want to come will be here already.

U.S. Border Patrol Director David Aguilar- isn't this the guy who BP agents have no confidence in?

Yep and they will then be the new border patrol agents

Yeah, you can trust this creep alright. He's the one who received a resounding vote of no confidence by his field agents. Then he sent a personal emissary to corner and intimidate them into a positive approval. Now he wants to postpone success until after he's moved on to a better career. They need to fire this guy and anyone who approves of him.

The United States will have "operational control" of its border with Mexico by 2013 as it builds walls, installs surveillance equipment and beefs up manpower to keep out illegal immigrants, U.S. Border Patrol Director David Aguilar said on Wednesday.

If that's the case, then the Senate plan to have a "trigger" of secured borders, before a guest worker plan or amnesty could be enacted, would make it at least 2013 before they could get their amnesty.

We should be able to deport many illegals, or force them to self-deport by then.