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Another 35 prosecutors will be assigned to U.S. attorney's offices along the border, including San Diego, to handle immigration and drug cases, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced Monday. The move comes weeks after U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Vista, wrote a letter blasting the local U.S. attorney's office for not prosecuting more smugglers of illegal immigrants. Issa cited an unofficial, anonymous report that claimed government attorneys prosecuted only 6 percent of 251 cases involving illegal immigrant smugglers during fiscal year 2003-04.In a statement released Tuesday, Issa cheered the assignment of more prosecutors, but also criticized the Department of Justice for not...