Border agency’s rapid growth accompanied by rise in corruption

Since October 2004, 132 U.S. Customs and Border Protection employees have been indicted or convicted on corruption-related charges. Rapid expansion and lack of funds for background checks are blamed. In addition, screeners often have difficulties gaining full employment histories, in part because the Mexican government doesn’t permit U.S. background investigators to conduct probes in their country. Read more at http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-border-corrupt-20111017,0,4783023.story.