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Senate Appropriators Fund Border Security Technologies

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, November 28th, 2017

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Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) in his mark of the FY ’18 Department of Homeland Security budget request has approved funding for key border security technology programs, matching recommendations this summer by House appropriators.Cochran’s mark, released just before Thanksgiving, includes $17.4 million for the Integrated Fixed Towers (IFT) and $1.6 million for Mobile Video Surveillance Systems, which agrees with the amounts requested by Customs and Border Protection.Overall, the Senate appropriations mark recommends $1.6 billion for border security assets…

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