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Busted budgets on the border
Exclusive memos reveal lax detention guidelines
By Lisa Myers, Senior investigative correspondent NBC News
Updated: 6:45 p.m. ET July 13, 2004
Among many federal agents along the border with Canada, Washington's warnings about the need for vigilance against another terror attack ring hollow.
Border agents tell NBC News that since April, they've been forced to release most illegal immigrants back onto American streets within hours of catching them even some who are criminals or from countries known to produce terrorists
Busted budgets on the border
Exclusive memos reveal lax detention guidelines
By Lisa Myers, Senior investigative correspondent NBC News
Updated: 6:45 p.m. ET July 13, 2004
Among many federal agents along the border with Canada, Washington's warnings about the need for vigilance against another terror attack ring hollow.
Border agents tell NBC News that since April, they've been forced to release most illegal immigrants back onto American streets within hours of catching them even some who are criminals or from countries known to produce terrorists