As Border Efforts Grow, Corruption Is on the Rise
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- Taryn930 on 2008-07-18 - Tags border , united_states , mexico , corruption , organized_crime , homeland_security , drugs , guns , immigrant
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The pattern has become familiar: Customs officers wave in vehicles filled with illegal immigrants, drugs or other contraband. A Border Patrol agent acts as a scout for smugglers. Trusted officers fall prey to temptation and begin taking bribes.
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The Border Patrol alone is expected to grow to more than 20,000 agents by the end of 2009, more than double from 2001, when the agency began to expand in response to concerns about national security.
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“part of the issue of the border is it is kind of a balloon. When you squeeze one part, another bulges.”
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