Saturday, October 25, 2008

We can see you!

I was watching the news the other day when the subject of border patrol came up.  Of course, I thought about Urrea, who we talked about over and over and over again, but I decided to stay and watch anyway.  The newscaster began showing off the border's newest device: a drive through x-ray machine.

It's pretty genius if you ask me.  People hide in the most ridiculous places to try and sneak in, and it's a huge waste of time to have to search for them.  Now, however, all they have to do is drive slowly through the huge piece of equipment.

Although there may be unexpected problems, like technical difficulties, it seems like the patrol has pretty much thought everything through.  For example, say the driver refuses or claims that it is harmful for their health.  A border patrol agent will volunteer to drive their car through for them, and reassure them with the fact that a driver would have to drive through 2,000 times in order to receive as much radiation as a trip to the doctor!

Hopefully inventions like these will help border patrol agents more effectively keep illegals and their drugs out!

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