The troubled UK Border Agency has cut too many staff too quickly and is now having to hire extra people and increase overtime to meet demands, Whitehall's spending watchdog says. full story ![]()

HOUSTON — Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says a new congressional budget should ease the need to furlough or cut overtime hours for border agents. Napolitano said Thursday after meeting with Houston law enforcement officials and business leaders the agency still is reviewing the numbers but it appears security will "get back to where we were before...
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The Canada Border Services Agency last year seized twice the number of weapons at border crossings compared to six years ago, according to a CBC News analysis of agency data, but experts fear little progress is being made in stemming the flow of illegal guns into Canada.
cbc.ca (20 days ago)
LIBERTY — Cornell Cooperative Extension has announced it will begin furloughing employees after Sullivan County legislators last week confirmed a $83,000 cut from the agency's contract.
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When Chris Holmes, a Border Agency official, decided to quit his job at Stansted airport to pursue his dream of...
thetimes.co.uk (1 month and 4 days ago)

Home Secretary Theresa May is to make a statement to the House of Commons later on the beleaguered UK Border Agency after a damning report from an influential group of MPs.
standard.co.uk (1 month and 25 days ago)
Two men who confronted a U.S. border patrol with one firing a shot in a remote forested area along the Canadian border in Washington are in custody and agents recovered two backpacks at the scene with 58 pounds of amphetamine, the Customs and Border Protection agency said.
seattletimes.com (1 month and 17 days ago)
The “troubled” UK Border Agency is to be abolished and split into two new organisations after a devastating report into...
thetimes.co.uk (1 month and 25 days ago)
SUMAS, Wash. (AP) -- Two men who confronted a U.S. border patrol with one firing a shot in a remote forested area along the Canadian border in Washington are in custody and agents recovered two backpacks at the scene with 58 pounds of amphetamine, the Customs and Border Protection agency said....
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Drug busts by the Canada Border Services Agency rose 10 per cent between 2007 and 2012, according to agency data, but critics fear a shift in focus and federal budget cuts threaten Canada's effort to stop drugs from entering the country.
cbc.ca (1 month and 24 days ago)

The “troubled” UK Border Agency is to be scrapped and split into two parts reporting directly to the Home Office, Theresa May has announced.
independent.co.uk (1 month and 25 days ago)
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