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Scattering sensors in the desert is militarizing the border? That’s an awfully dramatic characterization, no?

• mplewis 3y ago
  Think for a second about what the sensors will be used to do.
  • kortilla 3y ago
    Convert the straights into gays and the gays into straights? No, they would be used to detect people crossing the border. What else would you use them for!?
  • atdrummond 3y ago
    Prevent illegal incursions across the border? Including violent cartels, not just “migrants”?
  • gantron 3y ago
    I fail to see how a country maintaining awareness of passages across its borders is a bad thing.
    • ansible 3y ago
      Especially when it comes to smuggling drugs across the border. Of course, we could fix the drug smuggling by decriminalizing drug addiction and treating it like other public health issues. But the "War on Drugs" still rages on, after decades of failure.