Border safe and secure, commissioner proclaims

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Brady McCombs, Arizona Daily Star Arizona Daily Star
Posted: Tuesday, February 8, 2011 1:21 pm

Repeating what has become the mantra of the Department of Homeland Security, commissioner Alan Bersin proclaimed Tuesday that the border is more safe and secure — crediting a 1 1/2 -year-old initiative for recent progress in Arizona.

At a press conference Tuesday morning at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Bersin said the Alliance to Combat Transnational Threats, also known as ACTT, has helped drive down illegal entries and put the pinch on drug smuggling organizations operating in the Sonora-Arizona corridor.

The alliance brings together 60 federal, state, local and tribal law agencies in Arizona to “deter, disrupt and interdictâ€