ISSUED BY: GCIS Communications Command Center
SOURCE: Right Side News
28January2011 11:50amEST
GCIS INTELLIGENCE UPDATE: Last summer, writing in the Arizona Republic, Secretary of Homeland Security Napolitano said: "If you look at facts, border is more secure than ever." "Illegal crossings along the southwestern border last year were down 23 percent from the year before and are a fraction of their all-time high," she said.
Actually, the secretary was using the number of apprehensions of illegal aliens as an indicator of the number of illegal crossings – not the actual number of crossings. If we use the number of border apprehensions as a measure of border security, however, the border was much more secure under the Eisenhower administration following Operation Wetback. (read full report)
