Southwest Border Security Consortium
- Southwest Border Security Consortium
The Southwest Border Security Consortium ("SBSC") is a joint venture of nine U.S. universities in the states of Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas to develop and promote scientific and policy solutions to issues facing the United States-Mexico border region.
The SBSC is also addressing border issues by offering a comprehensive, multi-institutional set of capabilities to relevant agencies such as the federal departments of Homeland Security, Defense, Energy and Transportation.
=Members=
Arizona
*Arizona State University
*University of Arizona
California
*San Diego State University
New Mexico
*New Mexico State University
*New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech)
*University of New Mexico
Texas
*Texas A&M University
*University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP)
*University of Texas at San Antonio
=See also=
*United States-Mexico border
*Border
*Border control
=External link=
* [http://www.utsa.edu/ipac/PowerPoint/sbscBROCHURE-final1.pdf The SBSC Announcement Brochure (2006)]
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