Sheriffs to lawmakers: Border areas still unsafe,
Sheriffs to lawmakers: Border areas still unsafe, U.S. should send more soldiers
Kylee Gauna, Cronkite News Service Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeau addresses the Senate Border Security, Federalism and State Sovereignty Committee.
Apprehensions by Southwest Border Patrol sectors for FY 2009:
- San Diego Sector: 118,721
- El Centro Sector: 33,521
- Yuma Sector: 6,951
- Tucson Sector: 241,673
- El Paso Sector: 14,999
- Marfa Sector: 6,360
- Del Rio Sector:17,082
- Laredo Sector: 40,569
- Rio Grande Valley Sector: 60,989
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Posted: Friday, January 21, 2011 12:06 pm | Updated: 12:05 pm, Fri Jan 21, 2011.
By Lauren Gambino, Cronkite News Service | 9 comments
Two sheriffs gave a grim assessment of security along the U.S.-Mexico border Thursday, telling a lawmakers they need the federal government to send more soldiers.
“Get the military on the border and get them there now,â€