U.S. says may not meet timeline for border control
Randall Mikkelsen

WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The United States may be unable to meet its timetable for essentially stopping illegal immigration across its border with Mexico by 2011, a Bush administration official told Congress on Thursday.

Ralph Basham, commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said the government was working to meet the target set in November 2005 of having “operational controlâ€