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04-15-2009, 12:19 PM
US to name 'border czar' to watch Mexican border
Apr 15 10:00 AM US/Eastern
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is naming a former federal prosecutor to the new post of "border czar" to oversee efforts to end drug-cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and slow the tide of people crossing illegally into the United States.
An Obama administration official says Napolitano on Wednesday will name Alan Bersin, a former Justice Department official who was charged with cracking down on illegal immigration in the 1990s, to fill the post at the Homeland Security Department. The official would speak only on condition of anonymity ahead of the expected announcement in El Paso.
The Obama administration has promised to target border violence and work with Mexican authorities to curb drugs and arms trafficking. Hundreds of federal agents, along with high-tech surveillance gear and drug-sniffing dogs, are being deployed to the Southwest.Article continued at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97IVD600&show_article=1&catnum=0
Apr 15 10:00 AM US/Eastern
By EILEEN SULLIVAN
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano is naming a former federal prosecutor to the new post of "border czar" to oversee efforts to end drug-cartel violence along the U.S.-Mexico border and slow the tide of people crossing illegally into the United States.
An Obama administration official says Napolitano on Wednesday will name Alan Bersin, a former Justice Department official who was charged with cracking down on illegal immigration in the 1990s, to fill the post at the Homeland Security Department. The official would speak only on condition of anonymity ahead of the expected announcement in El Paso.
The Obama administration has promised to target border violence and work with Mexican authorities to curb drugs and arms trafficking. Hundreds of federal agents, along with high-tech surveillance gear and drug-sniffing dogs, are being deployed to the Southwest.Article continued at http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D97IVD600&show_article=1&catnum=0