DHS Testifies CBP Is Developing Metrics on SW Border Security
At a May 4, 2011 hearing1, Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Napolitano testified on resources that have been dedicated to Southwest Border security and the progress that has been made.
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The DHS Secretary testified that while the Administration’s southwest border security efforts over the past two years have led to progress on every significant metric currently available, DHS is continuing to focus on new ways to more comprehensively measure results along the border.
CBP is Developing an Index to Measure SW Border Security
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has begun the process of developing an index, supported by both CBP and third party data, to comprehensively measure security along the Southwest border and the quality of life in the region.
As part of this process, CBP will be convening a group of independent, third-party stakeholders from a diverse cross-section of critical areas of civic life -- to include law enforcement officials, representatives from border communities, former members of Congress, experts from independent think-tanks -- to evaluate and refine this index. The index will help DHS measure progress along the Southwest border comprehensively and systematically, rather than by anecdote.
1House Homeland Security Committee hearing on May 4, 2011.
(See ITT’s Online Archives or 05/06/11 news, 11050644, for previous BP notice on the DHS Secretary’s testimony.)
Witness statements, Congressional remarks available here