At the price of $14 million, the UAV program (border drones) cost U.S. taxpayers about $7,800 to catch each illegal border crosser. – (The $14 million figure is what DHS paid for its first Predator system. This price included a remote piloting team and other General Atomics support. But it does not include the costs of making the actual arrests and seizures, which includes the crews of Border Patrol agents, their vehicles, and often manned aircraft.) – Measured in terms of the confiscated marijuana, the UAV program cost U.S. taxpayers roughly $70,000 to help the Border Patrol seize each pound of the smuggled illegal drug. From: borderlinesblog.blogspot.com
Tagged: border, Department of Homeland Security, government
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March 1st, 2010
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