ABC is set to air a new reality series about border patrol units called “Border Security USA,” which will be kind of like COPS with more teeth, probably:

A typical episode might jump from a border patrol in Texas to security screeners at a New York airport to a Coast Guard boat off Puerto Rico.

“Border” is billed as the first multiepisode television series to be shot in cooperation with the Department of Homeland Security, as well as several other government agencies.

Funtown! With fortified Funborders!

“We’re showing everyday heroes who are risking their lives to protect us,” said Shapiro, who also produced the law enforcement series “Rescue 911” and the classic jailhouse documentary “Scared Straight.” “Every mode of transportation to get into the country, we have covered.”

O rly?

The security agents depicted in the show stop a wide range of criminal behavior. In one episode, customs finds a human skull shipped through the mail. In another, a Coast Guard boat chases cocaine smugglers.

Yet it’s the show’s depiction of the government’s post-9/11 antiterrorism efforts that’s bound to draw the most attention. In one story, two young men of Iranian descent are denied entry into the country when one is found to have relatives with ties to a terrorist organization and the other carries a fake ID.

Cue slide whistle! Those zany Iranians. Those are the ones we’re at war with, right? Or is that The Iraq? Which is located somewhere in Afghanistan, no? At any rate, we’re positively cooking a little carne asada in our pants over how this series will depict Latinos trying to make their way in the U.S.

So, what do y’all think? Would you watch this show?

ABC makes a run for the ‘Border’ [Hollywood Reporter]