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January 2017
The Realities Facing the 'Trump Wall'
The Trump Wall will never be completed as envisioned before the new president leaves office even if he were to win a second term. -
April 2015
Readers Sound Off on Recent Stories
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February 2015
DHS 2016 Budget Request Cuts Back on Drones, Funds Coast Guard Ship Procurement
As Congress continues to wrangle with legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security in 2015, the Obama administration released a fiscal year 2016 budget request that seeks to boost DHS funding by some $4 billion. -
July 2014
South Texas in Line for Border Patrol Technology
The southwest border in Texas will start to receive some of the new sensor technologies that have heretofore been deployed solely in Arizona. -
June 2014
Senators Grill Johnson Over Influx of Children Crossing Border
The Senate Judiciary Committee on June 11 pressed Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson over an alarming number of unaccompanied minors coming over the U.S. border with Mexico. -
June 2014
Border Technology Vendors Face Stringent Acquisition Regime
After years of preparation, CBP’s acquisition department awarded in March a contract to Elbit Systems of America to build a third generation of fixed towers designed to monitor the border. -
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February 2014
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January 2014
Predators Allow Border Agencies to Reallocate Resources
By Dan ParsonsMonitoring and policing 7,000 miles of border shared by the United States and its northern and southern neighbors has always been a tall order for Customs and Border Protection and the Border Patrol. -
August 2013
New Border Technology Programs Seek to Avoid Mistakes of the Past
A renewed push this year to pass immigration reform has put the Southwest border in the spotlight again.