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Border Count Proposed
Solution to Impasse?
Sierra Vista (Arizona) Herald / Review -- July 18 , 2010
Border activist wants cameras, sensors to count crossers
Glenn Spencer, president of the non-governmental border watch group American Border Patrol, is proposing a way to help measure success at the border.
He is seeking support from the state government to implement the "Arizona border assessment system." The project would determine the number of illegal immigrants who are entering the state between ports of entry.
The Secure Fence Act essentially says the job of the Department of Homeland Security is to prevent all illegal crossings. But, he said, that goal is too difficult to attain because it impossible to reach perfection. It would be better to pick a more realistic figure.
"Let's say everybody agrees that the border is secure when no more than 20,000 people get past the Border Patrol each year," he said.
Spencer proposes a comprehensive system consisting of sensors, cameras and aerial surveillance near the Arizona-Mexico border to basically county people heading north and south. The data would be summarized in a monthly report... Read Entire Article |
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