At New Mexico’s Border with Old Mexico, Low-Tech Still Trumps High-Tech

While the Department of Homeland Security invests millions in an array of high-tech devices to stem the flow of illegal immigration, a low-tech effort appears to be paying off in the town made famous by the most notorious illegal alien of all, Pancho Villa.

Border Patrol apprehensions of both narcotics and illegal immigrants on this part of the border are down sharply for 2007, and local law enforcement officials and residents say new vehicle barriers and border fences are responsible.”*

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