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Border and Enforcement News
U.S. Customs and Border Protection introduced its new fleet of Border Patrol helicopters last week that will patrol 6,000 miles of U.S. land and sea borders. Border Patrol’s air and marine headquarters in El Paso, Texas used the first helicopter of this type. The new helicopters are part of an effort to replace the 40-year -old fleet used currently. During the 2003 fiscal year, Border Patrol aircraft accumulated more than 44,000 flight hours, apprehending 79,512 people, and were used to seize about $214,000 in illegal narcotics every day, according to the Washington Post.
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