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105730 1 (1978-04-19)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadxzf0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DCCUMENT RESUM 05730 - (E12261881 Federal Efforts To Stem the Flow of Drug, Across the U.S. Mexican Border. April 19, 1978. 12 pp. Testimony before the Senate Committee on the Judiclary: Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee: by William J. Anderson, DepiJty Director, General Government Div. Contact: 3eeral Govern,-iet Div. Orqanization Concerned: Drug Enforcsveot Administration; Immiqration %nd Naturalization Service; United States Customs Service. Conqr( iional Relevance: Senata Committee cn the Judiciary. Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee. In the past few years, law enforcement efforts along the United States-Nexico border have grown because of the increasing transit of illicit drugs and 'cndocumentsd aliens. Althouqh the percentaqe of hercin entering the United States fom Mexico has declined in the last two years, due siminly to the cooperative cam,,_ign t* eradicate opium poppy cultivation, Mexico is still considered the major source of heroin reaching this country. While it is not possible to measure the det.eazent effect of the current level of border law enfoicement, the available supply of drugs and the number of illegal aliena attest to the fact that it has not bs4a a serious imlediment to illeqal entry. The substantial Federal investment in enforcement at. the Southwest border is achieving only a limited impact on the druq and alien problem. Border forces intercept only a small quantity of the estimated heroin and cocain entering the United States from Mexico. Most selzures are cf marihuana, and torder apprehensions seldom involve hiqh-level traffickers. AViong the problems affecting border law enforcement are: shortage ci inspectors, limited detection devices, and overlapping roles for the law enforcement agencies. Joint operations ketween Federal aqencies have not been effective. Ccottol of the border requires a comprehensive, coordinated effort ty all segments cf the bordlr law enforcement community. (RRS)

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