The Administration proposal will enable DHS to quickly help a private-sector company, state, or local government when that organization asks for its help.

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"DHS has a mandate from the President to find cost-effective means to meet our nation's bio-and-agro security needs, " he said.

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Environmental organizations such as the Sierra Club and Defenders of Wildlife apparently are not bothered by the security risks that such a porous border creates -- at least not enough to restrain themselves from filing a lawsuit to prevent the DHS from doing the job that Congress is requiring it to do.

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The Deputy Secretary of DHS and other top officials from my department have for the last several days been on a multi-country, multi-continent mission meeting with top transportation and airport officials, discussing ways to increase cooperation and security.

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