12/20/11, "US to reduce troop levels on Mexico border," AFP via Breitbart
"The United States will cut the number of national guard troops patrolling the border with Mexico as it steps up other surveillance on the porous southern border, officials said Tuesday.
The effort reflects "a new strategic approach," that includes "a number of new multi-purpose aerial assets equipped with the latest surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities," according to a statement from the departments of Homeland Security and Defense....
President Barack Obama's administration had deployed around 1,200 troops, having been pressed by governors of border states who fear an influx of crime and a spillover of drug-related violence from Mexico....
The change in strategy will begin in January, with aircraft in place by March 1, the statement said....
In the fiscal year ended September 30, the number of border apprehensions was 340,252, down 53 percent from three years earlier
and one-fifth of what they were
at their peak a decade ago."
via Drudge
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