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The Department of Homeland Security obtained permission to conduct unmanned border surveillance back in June, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection will reportedly have six drones in rotation by year's end, thanks to a $600 million border control bill recently signed by President Obama. From a political perspective, it's completely understandable that the Obama Administration would take such drastic measures to secure our borders. Midterm elections, after all, are looming on the horizon, and few national issues are as sensitive as illegal immigration. Still, some may find the idea of militant surveillance over peacetime territory to be more terrifying than reassuring.
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Subscribe to commentsGregAug 31st 2010 10:16AM
Watching people illegally crossing the border and stopping them are two very different things. We have plenty of video footage showing people crossing the border. What I don't see is anyone stopping them.
Dennis CarrAug 31st 2010 10:19AM
Won't do any good if they are not armed! Like the people they search for!............NO AMNESTY! THE LAW IS NOT BROKEN, THERE BE NO NEED FOR AN ADJUSTMENT! FOR 240 YEARS PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE TO LIVE FREE AND SAFE, IT AIN'T ANYMORE. You can't trust the food, you can't trust the drivers, plus just to get here they broke the law.......No jail time, ship them to Southern Mexico like Eisenhower did in 1954
GregAug 31st 2010 11:30AM
Why does "The Department of Homeland Security" need permission to do its job? Who did it get permission from? The Mexican government?
I wouldn't call using drones for observation a "drastic measures to secure our borders" or "militant surveillance" unless they are fully armed and authorized to engage. The only people terrified of their presence should be the people illegally crossing our border - as it should be.
Finally, what "peacetime territory" is Amar Toor referring? Our borders are under attack and continually being being breached by people with no regard for our laws, security, and culture. This is anything but a "peacetime territory".
HmmmmmAug 31st 2010 10:23PM
@gwhiz
Spot on!!! My idea would be to install unmanned machine guns on the border that will shoot anything that crosses!!! At least they couldn't accuse them of racial profiling. If you cross at a legal crossing you won't be shot...otherwise you will. Bet it wouldn't take a week to stop the illegal crossings.
Of course, stationing a guard every 100 yards to shoot ANYONE who comes across the border at other than a legal crossing location would do the trick as well I suppose. Only problem is then the whole profiling thing would come into play.