Jerry EricksonPublished: May 13, 2009 Have you heard about the “virtual fence?” If not, you’re not alone; but you will surely read much more about it as immigration reform begins rolling forward. Southern Arizona is the backdrop for the groundbreaking of the virtual fence project. After three years of congressional delays, construction began recently on a virtual fence on the U.S.-Mexico border. Specifically, the groundbreaking was started in the small border town of Sasabe, Arizona where 17 virtual camera and radio detection towers will be spread across 23 miles as part of the virtual fence project. The virtual fence project is designed to use radar, sensors and cameras that will have a range of approximately six miles and that will be equipped with nighttime infrared devices and other technologies to detect smuggling attempts and illegal entries from the Mexican border into the
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