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American officials said that Mexican criminal syndicates are stepping up their attacks on American agents patrolling the border as officials of the Homeland Security Department intensify efforts to stem the flow of immigrants and drugs into the United States. Officials of the Homeland Security Department said they were making headway in detaining and deporting these illegal immigrants. Mexican criminal syndicates are stepping up their attacks on American agents patrolling the border as officials of the Homeland Security Department intensify efforts to stem the flow of immigrants and drugs into the United States, American officials said this week. Homeland Security Department officials said that in the fiscal year that ended on Sept. 30, there were 778 attacks on agents, up from 374 in the previous fiscal year. Officials of the Homeland Security Department said they were making headway in detaining and deporting these illegal immigrants.