SEATTLE - U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents in the Southwest border could get improved aerial surveillance equipment to monitor unlawful immigration, a Texas lawmaker said.
U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), told Border Report that the current aerostat program could be acquiring up to a dozen newer model of the surveillance blimp systems that can be used along the entire border. The news comes just hours after the Department of Homeland Security announced the ending of such a program citing lack of funding.
