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Allegations that supervisors set specific limits on apprehensions. Thirty-one witnesses testified that specific levels of apprehensions - such as 200 or 250 apprehensions a day, or 25 apprehensions a shift - were discussed by Border Patrol personnel.
Sep 30, 2019 · Apprehensions ticked up at the very beginning of Gatekeeper as expected, then dropped steadily in San Diego over the next several years.
- kristina.davis@sduniontribune.com
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I. Operation Gatekeeper and the San Diego Sector. The San Diego Sector is one of nine Border Patrol sectors along the United States/Mexico border. It is responsible for patrolling the first 66 miles of the United States/Mexico border starting from the Pacific Ocean, and covers approximately 7,000 square miles of southwest California.
Operation Gatekeeper was announced in Los Angeles on September 17, 1994, by U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, and was launched two weeks later on October 1. According to an investigation by the Office of the Inspector General, the number of immigrant apprehensions at Imperial Beach in San Diego for the first week of October in 1994, compared to ...
Twenty-Five years ago, Operation Gatekeeper began a legacy of turbo-charged militarization on our southern border, which has led to the deaths of hundreds and the disappearances of thousands more. Twenty-five years later, communities all along the southern border are saying ‘no more.’.
This chapter summarizes our findings as to each allegation and includes our recommendations regarding problem areas in Border Patrol operations relating to Operation Gatekeeper. I. Allegations of Falsification of Apprehension Data. A. Allegations that apprehension figures were altered.
Apprehensions ticked up at the very beginning of Gatekeeper as expected, then dropped steadily in San Diego over the next several years. From fiscal 1992 to 2004, overall apprehensions in the sector declined by 76%, according to Border Patrol data.
