US to deploy drones to shore up border with Mexico

[Chris_]

WASHINGTON — The United States plans to deploy two drone aircraft along the Texas-Mexico border as part of a new effort to stem organized crime and illegal immigration, Homeland Security chief Janet Napolitano said Wednesday.

The two Predator drones will be used to patrol the border and in nearby areas in the Gulf of Mexico, once Congress approves the 500 million dollars President Barack Obama has requested, Napolitano said in a Washington speech.

Texas Governor Rick Perry had requested delivery of the planes, which the US used extensively in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The United States currently has four drones patrolling the border with Mexico in Arizona and one in the northern border with Canada in the state of North Dakota, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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[thundley4]

They need a couple of fully armed drones to take these positions out.

[Alpha Mare]

And how long before they decide the drones aren't working at pull 'em?  Obama just wants it to look like he's doing something.  Smoke and mirrors.