Released from the Department of Homeland Security today:

Securing the Border

• DHS has completed more than 76 miles of pedestrian fence for a total of more than 150 miles of pedestrian fence and 115 miles of vehicle fence on the Southwest border.
• DHS plans to build an additional 225 miles of pedestrian fence and 200 miles of vehicle fence. We expect to have about 670 miles of total pedestrian fence and vehicle fence by the end of 2008.
• The Border Patrol now has roughly 15,000 agents and by the end of next year we will have more than 18,300 agents. This doubles the size of the Border Patrol under President Bush’s leadership.
• The National Guard continues to support the Border Patrol under Operation Jump Start. This partnership has been extremely productive as we work to the build the fence and train Border Patrol agents.
• The National Guard has assisted with the apprehension of nearly 124,000 illegal aliens and the seizure of more than 900 vehicles, 250,000 pounds of marijuana, nearly 5,000 pounds of cocaine, and more than $68,000 in currency since the start of Operation Jump Start.
• DHS saw a 22 percent reduction in apprehensions of illegal aliens at the Southern border in Fiscal Year 2007. This is an indication that there are fewer attempts to cross the border illegally.

There’s more here.

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