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Border Officials Say Technology Is Good, But People Make the Difference

Homeland Security and Border Patrol leaders say they aim to keep Mexican Cartels away from southern border

Border Officials Say Technology Is Good, But People Make the Difference
A Border Patrol agent operates a portable radar-camera unit. Southwest Border, United States, Courtesy, CBP website https://www.cbp.gov/frontline/frontline-june-az-technology
Michael Clements
Michael Clements
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3/9/2023|Updated: 3/9/2023
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At a hearing to discuss the technology needed to secure the nation’s borders, one Homeland Security official said that without one critical resource, all the technology in the world would be useless.

“Technology will never replace the men and women pursuing what the technology uncovers,” said Anthony Salisbury, acting deputy executive associate director for Homeland Security Investigations.

Michael Clements
Michael Clements
Reporter
Michael Clements is an award-winning Epoch Times reporter covering the Second Amendment and individual rights. Mr. Clements has 30 years of experience in media and has worked for outlets including The Monroe Journal, The Panama City News Herald, The Alexander City Outlook, The Galveston County Daily News, The Texas City Sun, The Daily Court Review,
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