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Homeland Security

Border Security Technology Light in Biden Request

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, June 8th, 2021

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Border Security Technology Light in Biden Request

Relocatable surveillance tower supplied by Elbit Systems of America. Photo: Elbit

The Department of Homeland Security is requesting $54.3 million for the purchase of technology to help secure the U.S. border between land ports of entry, none of it for traditional fixed and mobile surveillance technologies. The fiscal year 2022 request, which excludes procurement funding for the border wall system, is $68.7 million less than Congress provided in FY ’21. Congress provided nearly $1.4 billion for the border wall system in FY ’21. Budget documents accompanying the FY ’22 request that…

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