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Secretary Napolitano Highlights Border Security Accomplishments on One Year Anniversary of Southwest Border Initiative

Release Date: March 26, 2010

For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
Contact: 202-282-8010

Announces Across-the-Board Increases in Drugs, Weapons and Cash Seizures

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano today highlighted the United States’ significant progress in securing the U.S.-Mexico border one year after the Obama administration announced the Southwest Border Initiative—a series of unprecedented steps to crack down on Mexican drug cartels by deploying additional personnel and technology, increasing information sharing, working closely with the Mexican government, and improving federal coordination with state, local and tribal law enforcement authorities.

“Last March, this administration took decisive action to combat transnational crime and drug-related violence along the Southwest border to help ensure the security of both the United States and Mexico,â€