Secrecy surrounds Coast Guard rescue of injured hiker in Olympic National Park
Same rescue:
Olympic National Park identifies Bremerton hiker hurt on coast
US Border Patrol- same agency- different policy at different locations:
US Border Patrol, Port Angeles, WA-
Denied FOIA requests-
Secret arrest statistics:
Aug 2010-
A US Border Patrol spokesperson tells the press:
Aug 2011-
US Border Patrol, Erie, PA-
The people of Erie, PA did not have to submit a FOIA request to find out what justified the expansion of their local Border Patrol station-
No public information/security conflict at the U.S. Border Patrol station (not sector) in Erie, PA.
Erie Station- similar to Port Angeles in that it is separated from Canada by water.
Note: reports of the expansion at Erie include numbers of arrests out of that station:
“The Border Patrol operations in Erie, nearly six years old, include more than 30 agents who apprehended 588 illegal immigrants in fiscal year 2008-09.”
“The Border Patrol’s apprehensions in the Erie area have grown steadily, from 332 in fiscal 2006-2007 to 588 in 2008-09 to 305 so far in 2009-10.
Of those apprehended so far this fiscal year, 136 were individuals found by other law enforcement agencies and turned over to the Border Patrol.”
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