border patrol
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US Homeland Security Wants Facial Recognition To Identify People In Moving Cars
The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) wants to develop technology that scans the faces of travellers as they enter and leave the US. The difficult part? The agency wants to do it without anyone needing to get out of their cars.
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US Feds Find Weed-Slinging Catapult Hanging From Mexican Border Wall
US Border Patrol agents got lucky a few days ago when they spotted several people running away from a section of border fence near Douglas, Arizona. After going to investigate, the DHS employees discovered a catapult and two giant blocks of weed. You can guess what the catapult was for.
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US Homeland Security’s Drones Really Suck At Border Patrol
For nearly a decade now, 10 Predator B drones have been zipping around US borders at $US12,000 an hour under the pretence of securing the country’s borders. Except that, according to a scathing report released earlier today by Homeland Security, not only do these drones cost five times as much as advertised, but they’re doing…