Seeking to use a novel approach to the problem of patrolling the lengthy border between the U.S. and Mexico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed using remote cameras that would be connected to the Internet, allowing regular citizens the opportunity to help watch for border-jumpers. Perry has proposed spending US$5 million to install surveillance cameras along the border between Texas and Mexico and in doing so, is injecting a technological element into an already heated debate over immigration issues.
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Texas Proposes Internet-Connected Border Cameras
Posted by: Keith Regan June 5, 2006 01:15 PMSeeking to use a novel approach to the problem of patrolling the lengthy border between the U.S. and Mexico, Texas Gov. Rick Perry has proposed using remote cameras that would be connected to the Internet, allowing regular citizens the opportunity to help watch for border-jumpers. Perry has proposed spending US$5 million to install surveillance cameras along the border between Texas and Mexico and in doing so, is injecting a technological element into an already heated debate over immigration issues.