DHS may scrap border control fence

The Department of Homeland Security is deciding whether to give up on a project that would install cameras, radar and ground sensors along the border between the U.S. and Mexico. The project is called SBInet, and its plans include a dashboard for law enforcement and other personal to see a unified view of data that has been collected.

Hangups to the project include delays and tech problems that have been uncovered during testing of a prototype, according to InformationWeek. A final decision will be made by the end of this year whether to scrap the entire project.

The border fence is currently used along only a 28-mile stretch along the Arizona border. Boeing is the contractor of record.

If completed, the project would cost nearly $7 billion stretched along the southern border with Mexico. If it's not, DHS and Congress will have to go back to the drawing boards to find another way to come up with an effective way to police entries into the U.S. from Mexico.

For more on the border fence:
- see this InformationWeek article

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