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Northern border may be more secure than depicted SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The head of the Border Patrol says the tool used to measure whether his agency has operational control of the border is not necessarily a good way to assess border security. A report recently released by the Government Accountability Office says the Border Patrol can detect illegal activity and make arrests on just 32 of the 4,000-mile U.S-Canada border. But Border patrol chief Michael Fisher says border security is not n...
Colbert tells Congress farm work 'really hard' SUZANNE GAMBOA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Taking his blowhard comedy act to Congress, Stephen Colbert told lawmakers that a day picking beans alongside illegal immigrants convinced him that farm work is "really, really hard." "It turns out — and I did not know this — most soil is at ground level," Colbert testified Friday. Also, "It was hotter than I like to be." Still, Colbert expressed befuddlement that more Americans aren't clamoring to "begin an exciting caree...
