الثلاثاء، 31 أغسطس 2010

[caption id="attachment_7724" align="" width="360" caption="A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Drone"]A U.S. Customs and Border Protection Drone[/caption]
Soon, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials patrolling the Mexican border will have an extra set of eyes to watch over the American frontier. These eyes will come in the form of Predator drones.

Recently, the Department of Homeland Security obtained permission to conduct unmanned border surveillance. This happened back in June. the first of the new fleet of predator drones will take off from Corpus Christi tomorrow. It will allow border agents to remotely conduct surveillance over the entire U.S.-Mexican border.

Predator drones are extremely useful in ariel surveillance. They can stay aloft for up to 30 hours. This means that the people using them are not having to constantly land them and refuel them. Rather, they have got 30 hours of fun flying time.

Reportedly, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection will have six drones in rotation by the years end. This will allow for extra eyes constantly watching the border.

The only question that remains is the discussion of illegal immigration in itself. After all, America is nothing if not the world center of immigration. America was founded by immigrants or decedents of immigrants. The only difference between them and illegal immigrants is that the founders' lines usually traced back to Europe while most illegal immigrants today trace back to Mexico and other Latin American countries.

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In the past, America has been a symbol for freedom and prosperity, why must we bar our doors and prevent people from entering. Granted, we don't want drug smugglers entering, they can stay out, but if, for example, a Mexican family wishes to seek a better life in America, who are we to stop them?

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