Department of Homeland Security

Department of Homeland Security. Written Testimony of U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Border Patrol Deputy Chief Ronald Vitiello, and Office of Air and Marine Southwest Border Operations Executive Director Martin Vaughan for a House Committee on Homeland Security, Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security Hearing Titled “Boots on the Ground or Eyes in the Sky: How Best to Utilize the National Guard to Achieve Operational Control.” 2012. http://www.dhs.gov/ynews/testimony/20120417-cbp-national-guard-hsc.shtm (accessed 3 May 2012).

This is the written testimony of Ronald Vitiello, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Office of Border Patrol and Martin Vaughan, Executive Director of the Office of Air and Marine Southwest Border Operations for a House Subcommittee on Border and Maritime Security hearing. The testimony discussed joint operations between CBP and the National Guard, and National Guard air and marine support to Border Patrol operations.