It's focusing on 'risk-based' enforcement
(NEWSER) - The Border Patrol debuted a new strategy today—its first in eight years—that aims to make the patrol more "intelligence-driven." The agency's previous strategy was to flood high-traffic areas with agents, and even after all that time, "the jury, for me at least, is out on whether that's a solid strategy," Chief Mike Fisher tells the AP . The new "risk-based" strategy aims to "figure out who are these people?" by relying on intelligence to identify repeat crossers and figure out what makes them try again. More»