In the latest in a flurry of maneuvers to beef up border security, the Department of Justice will hire 25 attorneys to prosecute immigration and drug offenses along the international line between the United States and Mexico.Despite the extra help, one local prosecutor does not foresee his workload abating much.Immigration casesThe move will install 20 Assistant United States Attorneys to try immigration offenses. Crimes falling under this category include alien smuggling, entering the United States without inspection, illegal re-entry, possession of firearms as an alien, illegal employment of undocumented aliens, human trafficking and document fraud. The other five will prosecute drug offenses, the department said.The plan calls for the lawyers to be spread among five federal districts along the border: the District of Arizona, the Southern District of Texas, the Western District of Texas, the District of New Mexico and the Southern District of California.