Mr. President. as the chairman may know. I recently took a trip with Senator COLEMAN to the U.S.Mexican border to look at the challenges facing our Border Patrol agents as they work to secure the border against Illegal immigration. One of our stops was at Fort Huachuca. AZ. where we saw. in operation. the lone UAV Predator B that the Customs and Border Patrol has in service. I was tremendously impressed with this technology and saw its usefulness in assisting our CBP agents in locating and interdicting illegal immigrants as they crossed the border. In fact. Mr. Chairman. while at Fort Huachuca. CBP caught 13 illegal immigrants using the Predator B right before our eyes. In our discussions with the CBP officials at Fort Huachuca. we learned that with a squadron of UAVs the CBP could provide 24houraday. 7dayaweek. coverage on the Mexican border. These MQ9 UAVs would have satellite command. control. and communications which would allow them to be operated anywhere in the world from anywhere in the world. as well as an updated sensor suite to assist in finding illegals coming across the border.
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