{"id":3004,"date":"2013-04-10T09:26:24","date_gmt":"2013-04-10T13:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3004"},"modified":"2015-07-30T13:27:04","modified_gmt":"2015-07-30T17:27:04","slug":"radar-confirms-the-border-is-not-secure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/04\/10\/radar-confirms-the-border-is-not-secure\/","title":{"rendered":"Radar Confirms the Border Is Not Secure"},"content":{"rendered":"
The use of a sophisticated radar system originally developed by the Pentagon to track the Taliban in Afghanistan has revealed more illegal aliens are able to circumvent the Border Patrol than previously thought. The radar system, called the Vehicle Dismount and Exploitation Radar (Vader), was deployed to Arizona in March 2012 and is now used three to four days a week, for eight to 12 hours a day tracking movement along the border. (Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/a>, Apr. 3, 2013)<\/p>\n Although the radar system has helped the Border Patrol catch illegal aliens, internal reports also reveal that Border Patrol agents apprehended fewer than half of those illegally crossing the border into southern Arizona. (Id.<\/em>) Using the radar, which is operated from a Predator drone, Border Patrol agents caught 1,874 people in a 150-square-mile stretch of the Sonora Desert between October 1, 2012 and January 17, 2013. (Id.<\/em>) However, the Vader system also identified an additional 1,962 people in the same area who evaded arrest, which the Border Patrol calls “gotaways.” (Id.<\/em>)<\/p>\n The findings debunk the Obama Administration’s repeated claims that the border is secure. In January, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) estimated that the Border Patrol detained 64% of those who illegally crossed into the Tucson sector in 2011. (Id.<\/em>)<\/p>\n