'Green' red tape said to hinder Border Patrol - Washington Times

'Green' red tape said to hinder Border Patrol - Washington Times: "Environmental red tape has at times ensnared the U.S. Border Patrol's efforts to gain control of parts of the U.S.-Mexico border, according to a draft government report that found agents sometimes take a back seat to protecting endangered species in the Southwest's national parks and forests.

The Government Accountability Office, though, also found repeated instances where biologists have concluded the Border Patrol's pursuits across some of the most fragile lands in the country have hurt endangered animals and plants, including the ocelot in Texas and the Sonoran pronghorn in Arizona."

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