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Kenneth Jarecke Contact Press Images / U.S. News & World Report
"Between Two Lands"


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American Border Patrol members watch a test flight of a computer-guided drone used to track the movements of groups of illegal immigrants. The planes, equipped with 4-ounce internal electronic guidance systems and camera transmitters the size of a thumb, respond when ground sensors are activated. ABP founder Glenn Spencer owns three drones ranging in cost from $12,000 to $21,000. Spencer says he can do with his "birds" for $10 an hour what the Border Patrol does with its helicopters for $1,000 an hour.
 

 

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