July 8, 2009

Chairman Reyes Announces 6th Annual Border Security Conference

Congressman Silvestre Reyes (D-TX) and UTEP President Diana Natalicio today announced the 2009 participants for the 6th Annual Border Security Conference: Fostering a 21st Century Relationship of Cooperation and Shared Responsibility scheduled for August 10 - 11 at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will keynote this year's conference.  The Honorable John Brennan, Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, Alan Bersin, Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Special Representative for Border Affairs, John Morton, Assistant Secretary for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Kenneth Melson, Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, David Aguilar, Chief of the U.S. Border Patrol, and Roger Garner, USAID Mission Director for Mexico will also participate in this year's conference.    "I am pleased that Secretary Napolitano and other high-ranking officials have...