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From The New York Times:

With a rising interest in border control, the NYT covers the promise and reality of using technology to secure the border. I previously discussed the problems with video surveillance at the border here. This article provides insights into the scope of the government initiative, the approach of various contractors, and past problems with securing the border using technology.

Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Northrop Grumman, three of the largest, are among the companies that said they would submit bids within two weeks for a multibillion-dollar federal contract to build what the administration calls a “virtual fence” along the nation’s land borders. [Boeing and Ericsson — are expected to submit bids]

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The equipment these Border Patrol agents use, how and when they are dispatched to spots along the border, where the agents assemble the captured immigrants, how they process them and transport them — all these steps will now be scripted by the winning contractor, who could earn an estimated $2 billion over the next three to six years on the Secure Border job.

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