The State - News from June 26, 1988

Acknowledging that the landmark 1986 immigration law has yet to halt the massive illegal movement of people across the U.S.-Mexico border, federal authorities have launched an intensive campaign aimed at recruiting new agents to patrol the boundary line. The U.S. Border Patrol plans to augment its manpower by more than a third by the end of the year, bolstering its force to 4,200 agents along the 1,952-mile border, which stretches from the Pacific Ocean to the Gulf of Mexico. With an eye toward attracting new officers, whose pay ranges from $15,000 to $27,000, the patrol held open houses Saturday in San Diego, Los Angeles, Livermore, El Centro, Riverside, Indio, Tucson and Yuma.