Lawmakers want more agents, better technology at border crossings

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) –What will it take to stop drugs and criminals from coming across America’s borders? Better technology and more agents say two members of a House subcommittee that came to the border Monday pitching high-tech inspections of all private cars and commercial trucks at land ports of entry. The Securing America’s Ports Act calls on the Department of Homeland Security to develop a budget and a timetable to implement non-intrusive inspection (NII) systems at border crossings…
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