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Inspection Technology Deployments Will Increase Drug Seizures at Land Ports, McAleenan Says

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, May 28th, 2019

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Inspection Technology Deployments Will Increase Drug Seizures at Land Ports, McAleenan Says

Acting Homeland Security Secretary Kevin McAleenan. Photo: DHS

In the next few years broader deployments of scanning technology at land border crossings will enable a significant increase in the amounts of drugs seized inside cars and trucks entering the U.S. from Mexico, the acting Secretary of Homeland Security told a Senate panel this month. The investments in non-intrusive inspection (NII) technology “are going to be a game changer for us,” Kevin McAleenan told the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. In fiscal year 2019, Congress provided $564…

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