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All Segments Project Area

(04/01/2008)
As set forth in the Determination and Waiver Pursuant to Section 102 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996, as amended, the following areas in the vicinity of the United States border are areas of high illegal entry:

California

  • Starting approximately 1.5 mile east of Border Monument (BM) 251 and ends approximately at BM 250
  • Starting approximately 1.1 miles west of BM 245 and runs east for approximately 0.8 mile
  • Starting approximately 0.2 mile west of BM 243 and runs east along the border for approximately 0.5 mile
  • Starting approximately 0.7 mile east of BM 243 runs east along the border for approximately 0.9 mile
  • Starting approximately 1.0 mile east of BM 243 and runs east along the border for approximately 0.9 mile
  • Starting approximately 0.7 mile west of BM 242 and stops approximately 0.4 mile west of BM 242
  • Starting approximately 0.8 mile east of BM 242 and runs east along the border for approximately 1.1 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.8 mile east of BM 242 and runs east along the border for approximately 1.1 miles
  • Starting approximately 1.2 miles east of BM 239 and runs east for approximately 0.2 mile along the border
  • Starting approximately 0.5 mile west of BM 235 and runs east along the border for approximately 1.1 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.8 mile east of BM 235 and runs east along the border for approximately 0.1 mile
  • Starting approximately 0.6 mile east of BM 234 and runs east for approximately 1.7 miles along the border
  • Starting approximately 0.4 mile east of BM 233 and runs east for approximately 2.1 miles along the border
  • Starting approximately 0.05 mile west of BM 232 and runs east for approximately 0.1 mile along the border
  • Starting approximately 0.2 mile east of BM 232 and runs east for approximately 1.5 miles along the border
  • Starting 0.6 mile east of Border Monument 229 heading east along the border for approximately 11.3 miles to BM 225
  • Starting approximately 0.1 mile east of BM 224 and runs east along the border for approximately 2.5 miles
  • Starting approximately 2.3 miles east of BM 220 and runs east along the border to BM 207

Arizona

  • Starting approximately 1.0 mile south of BM 206 and runs south along the Colorado River for approximately 13.3 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.1 mile north of County 18th Street running south along the border for approximately 3.8 miles
  • Starting at the Eastern edge of BMGR and runs east along the border to approximately 1.3 miles west of BM 174
  • Starting approximately 0.5 mile west of BM 168 and runs east along the border for approximately 5.3 miles
  • Starting approximately 1 mile east of BM 160 and runs east for approximately 1.6 miles
  • Starting approximately 1.3 miles east of BM 159 and runs east along the border to approximately 0.3 mile east of BM 140
  • Starting approximately 2.2 miles west of BM 138 and runs east along the border for approximately 2.5 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.2 miles east of BM 136 and runs east along the border to approximately 0.2 mile west of BM 102
  • Starting approximately 3 miles west of BM 99 and runs east along the border approximately 6.5 miles
  • Starting approximately at BM 97 and runs east along the border approximately 6.9 miles
  • Starting approximately at BM 91 and runs east along the border to approximately 0.7 miles east of BM 89
  • Starting approximately 1.7 miles west of BM 86 and runs east along the border to approximately 0.7 mile west of BM 86
  • Starting approximately 0.2 mile west of BM 83 and runs east along the border to approximately 0.2 mile east of BM 73

New Mexico

  • Starting approximately 0.8 mile west of BM 69 and runs east along the border to approximately 1.5 miles west of BM 65
  • Starting approximately 2.3 miles east of BM 65 and runs east along the border for approximately 6.0 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.5 mile east of BM 61 and runs east along the border until approximately 1.0 mile west of BM 59
  • Starting approximately 0.1 miles east of BM 39 runs east along the border to approximately 0.3 mile east of BM 33
  • Starting approximately 0.25 mile east of BM 31 and runs east along the border for approximately 14.2 miles
  • Starting approximately at BM 22 and runs east along the border to approximately 1.0 mile west BM 16
  • Starting at approximately 1.0 mile west of BM 16 and runs east along the border to approximately BM 3

Texas

  • Starting approximately 0.4 miles southeast of BM 1 and runs southeast along the border for approximately 3.0 miles
  • Starting approximately 1 Mi E of the intersection of Interstate 54 and Border Highway and runs southeast approximately 57 miles in proximity to the IBWC levee to 3.7 miles east of the Ft Hancock POE
  • Starting approximately 1.6 miles west of the intersection of Esperanza and Quitman Pass Roads and runs along the IBWC levee east for approximately 4.6 miles
  • Starting at the Presidio POE and runs west along the border to approximately 3.2 miles west of the POE
  • Starting at the Presidio POE and runs east along the border to approximately 3.4 miles east of the POE
  • Starting approximately 1.8 miles west of Del Rio POE and runs east along the border for approximately 2.5 miles
  • Starting approximately 1.3 Mi north of the Eagle Pass POE and runs south approximately 0.8 miles south of the POE
  • Starting approximately 2.1 miles west of Roma POE and runs east approximately 1.8 miles east of the Roma POE
  • Starting approximately 3.5 miles west of Rio Grande City POE and runs east in proximity to the Rio Grande river for approximately 9 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.9 miles west of County Road 41 and runs east approximately 1.2 miles and then north for approximately 0.8 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.5 mile west of the end of River Dr and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 2.5 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.6 miles east of the intersection of Benson Rd and Cannon Rd and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 1 mile
  • Starting at the Los Indios POE and runs west in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 1.7 miles
  • Starting at the Los Indios POE and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 3.6 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.5 mile west of Main St and J Padilla St intersection and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 2.0 miles
  • Starting approximately 1.2 miles west of the Intersection of US HWY 281 and Los Ranchitos Rd and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 2.4 miles
  • Starting approx 0.5 miles southwest of the intersection of US 281 and San Pedro Rd and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 1.8 miles
  • Starting approximately 0.1 miles southwest of the Intersection of Villanueva St and Torres Rd and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 3.6 miles
  • Starting approximately south of Palm Blvd and runs east in proximity to the City of Brownsville's levee to approximately the Gateway-Brownsville POE where it continues south and then east in proximity to the IBWC levee for a total length of approximately 3.5 miles
  • Starting at the North Eastern Edge of Ft Brown Golf Course and runs east in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 1 mile
  • Starting approximately 0.3 miles east of Los Tomates-Brownsville POE and runs east and then north in proximity to the IBWC levee for approximately 13 miles
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