DEA installs license-plate recognition devices near Southwest border

cobalt123 This story was produced by the Center for Investigative Reporting. Learn more at www.cironline.org . Contact the reporter at gwschulz@cironline.org. In their unending battle to deter illegal immigration, drug trafficking and terrorism, U.S. authorities already have beefed up border security with drug-sniffing dogs, aircraft, and thousands more agents manning interior checkpoints. Now, the US Drug Enforcement Administration has decided it wants more, and the Justice Department agency doesn’t care whether someone has even set foot in Mexico.

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DEA installs license-plate recognition devices near Southwest border

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