Border Management: Dual Management Structure at Entry Ports Should End
(Testimony, 12/10/93, GAO/T-GGD-94-34).

The U.S. Customs Service and the Immigration and Naturalization Service
(INS) are the main agencies responsible for inspecting and clearing,
respectively, goods and merchandise as well as persons crossing the U.S.
border.  Customs and INS have a long history of interagency rivalry
coupled with ineffective cooperation and coordination on border crossing
operations.  GAO testified that these problems will not be resolved
until the existing dual management structure is ended.  GAO supports the
creation of an independent immigration and customs agency--a move that
should produce a more strategic and integrated vision for handling the
heavy volume of persons, services, and goods entering this country.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-GGD-94-34
     TITLE:  Border Management: Dual Management Structure at Entry Ports 
             Should End
      DATE:  12/10/93
   SUBJECT:  Federal agency reorganization
             Accountability
             Immigration or emigration
             Interagency relations
             Law enforcement
             Law enforcement agencies
             Inspection
             Customs administration
             Cost control
             Human resources training
IDENTIFIER:  North American Free Trade Agreement
             NAFTA
             
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