Dec 2010 GAO Report: Vast Majority of Canada-U.S. Border At "Not Acceptable" Level of Control

The Canada-U.S. border deserves our undivided security--not to mention economic--attention:

• Our review of these reports for 2010 showed that for the northern border overall, 32 of the nearly 4,000 border miles had reached an acceptable level of control, with 9 of these miles included in the four sectors we visited.
• The [~3,968] remaining miles were assessed at levels that Border Patrol reported are not acceptable end states.  These border miles are defined as vulnerable to exploitation due to issues related to accessibility and resource availability and, as a result, there is a high degree of reliance on law enforcement support from outside the border zone.