The number of fugitive-operation teams now in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Office, up from 15 in 2005. The increase has helped ICE catch 35,000 fugitive aliens.
A bill (H.R. 3916) introduced by Rep. Ralph Hall (R-TX) that would encourage the development of new border security technology especially with regard to unmanned aerial vehicles, technology to detect tunnels, and an anticounterfeiting program has been approved by the House Homeland Security Committee. The House of Representatives must take up the measure for it to proceed.
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