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One-third of DHS’s border surveillance cameras don’t even work
Border Patrol estimates that 150 of the 500 cameras are not operational.
Rep. Mark E. Green (R-TN), the chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, has asked DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to turn over information on the camera system by October 23rd. Though Green’s letter frames the cameras’ malfunctioning as a new issue, a separate CBP official told NBC News that the agency’s surveillance apparatus has not been properly managed for the past 20 years. In any case, unauthorized border crossings have dropped significantly in recent months: in September, CBP reported the lowest level of migrant encounters between ports of entry since 2020.
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