U.S. Border Patrol to eliminate nine interior stations across the country

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) plans to deactivate nine interior border patrol stations to put more focus and resources in areas closer to actual borders.

Border stations in California, Montana, Idaho and six stations in Texas will be deactivated six months after Congress is notified. The closures will affect 48 border patrol members, who will be re-located to nearby stations or sectors.

"To accomplish its mission more efficiently and use its personnel more effectively, CBP has increasingly concentrated its resources in the immediate border areas," Michael Fisher, chief of CBP's U.S. Border Patrol, said in a memo to chief patrol agents and division chiefs obtained by Federal News Radio.

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