EL PASO, Texas (AP) — Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Saturday after visiting the U.S.-Mexico border that the government needs a broader, more effective approach to border control. The Pentagon, for example, has agreed to temporarily provide active-duty troops to operate Border Patrol vehicles whose cameras can surveil wide areas along the border. During the visit Shanahan tried his hand at firing a couple of Border Patrol weapons, including one that fires plastic bullets. The pedestrian fencing would include detection systems that could alert border patrol agents when someone is attempting to damage or break through the fencing. One such project proposed by DHS, dubbed "El Paso Project 1," includes segments of border west of El Paso, in Luna and Dona Ana counties, New Mexico.

Source: Economic Times February 24, 2019 00:00 UTC