High-Tech Towers Could Seal Border

Towers with sophisticated cameras could create a virtual border without walls

By Caroline Miller, Newser Staff

Posted Jun 23, 2007 10:01 PM CDT

(Newser) – A series of towers equipped with high-tech cameras now being tested along the Arizona-Mexico border could be the first step towards a "virtual border" for the US, the Los Angeles Times reports. The system, being tested in the busiest corridor for illegal immagrants entering... Read full story »

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