ABPAmerican Border Patrol - organization summary

Organization name American Border Patrol (ABP)
Website www.AmericanBorderPatrol.com
Location Sierra Vista, AZ
Founded 2002
Board Bill King, Chuck Floyd, Ron Sanders, Melissa Jaramillo, Glenn Spencer, Chairman
Purpose American Border Patrol is a private, non-governmental, organization with the stated purpose of informing Americans about the border. ABP is a 501 c (3) non-profit corporation. A Certified Public accounting firm audits its books annually.
Immigration position

The American Border Patrol is the only non-governmental organization (NGO) that monitors the border on a regular basis - mostly by aerial surveillance. It has three aircraft, each designed for a specialized mission. ABP operates from a ranch right on the Mexican border in Southeastern Arizona in the heart of a major smuggling corridor. ABP is a watchdog organization that observes and reports what the government is doing on the United States border.

Programs

American Border Control uses small, radio-controlled aircraft (UAVs) and ground sensing equipment to track illegal aliens, and then relays that information to the US Border Patrol.

Operation B.E.E.F. - a project to document lack of construction of the United States - Mexico border fence as authorized by Congress. Only 371 miles of marginal and/or effective border fence was completed as of October 14, 2008. See border fence summary photos.

American Patrol, an immigration reform news reporting service.

This video explains The Border Fence - Where it is and How It Works. The Department of Homeland Security has constructed only 5% of what the Secure Fence Act of 2006 called for, but at locations where the fence was built it indeed reduced illegal immigration. This video by American Border Patrol shows what happened along the border as the fence was completed. In 2009. American Border Patrol has released a preliminary version of its video, Border Fencing and the Mexican Drug War. The video documents how new border fencing is affecting Mexican drug cartel activities. Before and after video as well as still photography show how new fencing interdicted major smuggling corridors, including those on the Goldwater Bombing range near Yuma, Arizona.

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