Posts Tagged ‘Virtual border fence’
Virtual Border Fence With Mexico Cancelled
9:19 am By Maegan La Mala · Immigration|U.S.-Mexico Border · 1 Comment
15 Jan 2011Yesterday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the so-called “Virtual Fence” along the U.S. Mexico border was being squashed. Since the idea was born, the 28 mile stretch of the border armed with heat sensors, radar, cameras and 9 towers to detect immigrants crossing into the U.S. just southwest of Tuscon, Arizona has been plagued with problems, the largest being it’s huge cost with no proof of effectiveness.
When the first portion of the fence was ready to go live in 2005, the cost was estimated at $20 million.
Then in February, 2008 the fence was put on hold and another $65 million was paid to Boeing to fix software problems. The final estimated cost so far, with 53 miles of the Arizona border having been “protected” with SBInet technology, is nearly $1 billion.
DHS will continue to use other methods to insure border security, including the use of drones and of course good old fashioned man power, like that used to kill Ramses Barron Torres.
Virtual Border Fence Delayed
11:27 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · Immigration · Comments Off
28 Feb 2008
Can’t say I’m sorry about this news. The virtual fence on the U.S./Mexico border is being delayed by at least three years! All of us people who work with technology on a small level know that there are often glitches when rolling out a project.
Technical problems discovered in a 28-mile pilot project south of Tucson prompted the change in plans.Those problems included Boeing’s use of inappropriate commercial software, designed for use by police dispatchers, to integrate data related to illicit border-crossings. Boeing has already been paid $20.6 million for the pilot project, and in December, the DHS gave the firm another $65 million to replace the software with military-style, battle management software.
Ok so I’m upset that so much money is being paid out to this huge company, especially since that’s taxpayer money. Just goes to show you how a border fence is just a bad move all around.
Via / The Washington Post
Virtual Border Fence Ready to Go Live
8:15 am By Jennifer Woodard Maderazo · arizona|Immigration · 2 Comments
19 Oct 2007
The first section of a high-tech “virtual fence” along the U.S.-Mexico border is just about ready to be switched on. What is a virtual fence? It’s a 28 mile stretch of the border armed with heat sensors, radar, cameras and 9 towers to detect immigrants crossing into the U.S. just southwest of Tuscon.
So far the pilot project has cost $20 million. Hmmm I wonder how much children’s health insurance we could buy with that money? Anyway, the fence project has had software problems which have kept the radars turned off. But Boeing (yes the airplane people) are ready for live testing later this month.
Via / AP
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