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05.06.2009
House Passes Issa Resolution on Border Patrol, Justice Department Efforts to Fight Alien Smuggling


WASHINGTON. D.C. – The U.S. House of Representatives today, by unanimous voice vote, approved a resolution highlighting the successful efforts by the Border Patrol and Department of Justice to increase the rate of human smuggling prosecutions.

“Federal prosecutions of human smugglers, along with other border crimes, have increased dramatically and created some needed accountability,” said Rep. Issa  “There’s still much work to be done to crack down on human smuggling and create a zero tolerance policy for this crime, but we have made important strides.”