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 links The SBSC Announcement Brochure (2006) Announcement, Homeland Security News Wire (Nov. 21, 2006) Press Release, New Mexico Tech News (Tucson, AZ) (Nov. 13, 2006)