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You can use cameras and electronic technology to enhance our capabilities at the border. but in the hightraffic areas. it is not a question of seeing people. it is a question of how you can detain them if they are coming illegally. So I think we made progress there with the help of the National Guard. Guard personnel have assisted in apprehending more than 10 percent of the aliens apprehended during the past yeara total of 84.878 apprehensions. Overall. apprehensions of illegal immigrants trying to cross the border are down by 25 percent. What most experts conclude that means is that an estimated 25 percent fewer illegal immigrants are attempting to cross. The Guards presence is. in fact. having a deterrent effect. With the help of the National Guard. marijuana seizures are up 22 percent.