Department of Homeland Security law enforcement efforts at U.S. ports of entry: hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 15, 2005.

Department of Homeland Security law enforcement efforts at U.S. ports of entry : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 15, 2005.

Provides information on United States border areas. Reviews the current state of law enforcement's efforts to manage our borders. Discusses the benefits of and obstacles to different proposed solutions to improve border law enforcement.

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This report offers research and recommendations on ways to measure the overall efforts of the national border-security enterprise between ports of entry. Focusing on three missions--illegal drug control, counterterrorism, and illegal migration--this report recommends ways to measure performance of U.S. border-security efforts in terms of interdiction, deterrence, and exploiting networked intelligence.