
The Border Patrol earlier this month told Congress that its new fixed surveillance tower deployment in a portion of Arizona meets its operational requirements, a milestone that permits Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to begin deploying the Integrated Fixed Tower (IFT) system in another area of the southwest border.The first IFT deployment occurred last year in Nogales, Ariz., and was followed by limited user testing before the Border Patrol began to operate its new surveillance network ahead of the recent…