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Politics : ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION THE FIGHT TO KEEP OUR DEMOCRACY
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From: Tadsamillionaire6/28/2007 2:37:40 PM
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We need a REAL Barbed wire RAZOR Fence. Not this B.S.

The virtual fence, a network of remote cameras and sensors around Sasabe, northwest of Nogales, is the first big test of that security-first promise. But in tests this month, the fence produced unreliable results. It was supposed to have been online by early July.

"It is our expectation that these glitches get fixed and fixed immediately. We are simply not going to provide a tool to our front-line people that's not ready," Homeland Security spokesman Russ Knocke said.

Boeing Corp., which won the $20 million contract to install the fence, was to have it working by June 13. That date passed as Boeing's project manager, along with top officials with Border Patrol and Customs and Border Protection, told Congress that everything was on track.

"At this point, we don't believe it will affect the overall schedule," customs spokesman Michael Friel said Thursday.

Boeing has installed all nine portable 98-foot towers, cameras, radar and ground sensors. It has fitted 50 patrol vehicles with computer links. Mobile and central command bases have also been linked to the network. The idea is to give front-line agents and commanders up-to-the-second pictures of all the activity in their areas.

But the cameras and sensors convey inconsistent information. Software glitches and integrating all the information have proved challenging.
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