As outlined below, the El Paso City Council will replace border guards in January with electronic kiosks. Unmanned checkpoints at the southern border? The following excerpt from USA Today contrasts the safety of El Paso to Ciudad Juarez on the Mexican side of the border:
On the other side of the César Chávez Border Highway [from El Paso] is one of the most violent cities in the world, Ciudad Juárez.
Does anyone else think there is a border problem with Mexico besides the BATFE? President Obama went to El Paso in May to deliver a speech on immigration reform. Here is Mark Levin’s response to the president’s visit:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JZdAujBVRE
David DeGerolamo
International bridges to get upgrades; unmanned lanes would be a first on southern border
The El Paso City Council voted unanimously to spend more than $1.7 million to upgrade the technology used to collect tolls at two international bridges, opening the door for possibly the first unmanned lanes on the southern border.
The move will make it possible for four electronic kiosks to be installed as early as December, making them usable by January, said Said Larbi-Cherif, director of international bridges in El Paso.
