Coast Guard Modernization Is Integral to the Success of the Secure Border Initiative


 

Publication Date: October 2005

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): James Jay Carafano

Research Area: Military and defense

Keywords: Homeland defense; secure border

Type: Brief

Abstract:

Because the U.S. Coast Guard plays a central role in immigration control along America's U.S. coasts, its modernization program should be a priority component of the Secure Border Initiative, and Congress should fully fund Coast Guard modernization programs to enhance homeland security.