This is one of the camera towers used at the Arizona/Mexico border.  These video surveillance systems watch in both visible and infrared.  One of this pair seemed to take particular interest in the Women-in-Black protestors at Naco, AZ., April 2, 2005.
One of the many Minutemen stationed along the Arizona/Mexican border just east of Naco AZ, watches the border for any signs of illegal crossings.
The well lighted, metal border fence east of Naco, AZ., goes out of town for about 1 mile.
The metal border fence west of Naco, AZ., goes out of town for about 1/2 mile and then ends.  
The metal border fence ends about 1/2 mile west of Naco, Az.  Work is continuing to extend the fence: first to fill the gullies and draws with concrete and fencing and later, the remaining areas will be filled in.
A border made of barbed wire west of  Naco, AZ.
Roughly 25 miles west of Naco, AZ, the U.S./Mexican border is delineated by a seven-strand, barbed wire fence.  The fence here is divided by a simple cattle guard, often used by drug runners.  The two-wheeled dirt road leading into the U.S. is remotely sensored to monitor any traffic heading north. 
Here a pair of border participants from the Minuteman Project look over the extra clothes dumped by people illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the United States.  Excess "baggage" is dumped for lighter travel and to squeeze more people into any waiting vehicles.
At dusk and into the night, Border Patrol helicopters search the underbrush for suspected illegal aliens who have crossed into the U.S.
One of the most useful pieces of equipment the Border Patrol agents have is the 4-wheeler, here being used to track down those who have already crossed at night.
One of the demonstrators at Naco, Az. on April 2, 2005 needs to say nothing.  For him, his sign says it all.
One of the Minuteman Project demonstrators with a shirt which fully echoes the feelings of many in attendance.
These camera towers are used at the Arizona/Mexico border.  These independent, video surveillance systems watch in both visible and infrared and communicate to a central location via microwave.
The border fence and it's lights frame the border road patrolled by the Border Patrol 24/7 in Naco, AZ.
From high on Montezuma pass the well lighted border shows clearly in both Naco and Douglas, Az.


Portable observation posts known as Sky Towers, get Border Patrol agents above the vegetation.
The T-shirt worn by many of the Minuteman participants.
Relief workers from Mexico meet with Minuteman participants on the border.  Notice, too, that the normal seven strands of barbed wire have been cut and rewound into 2.  The photographer in the lower part of the image could easily float from one side to another.
The Sky Towers give a commanding view of the San Pedro valley, west of Naco, AZ.  

One of these towers was placed close to the U.S./Mexican border and became too much of a temptation for one young Mexican.  He hopped the fence, disconnected and removed the solar panels, and ran back across the border in less than 1 minute.
The Sly Towers are used in the San Pedro Valley to watch for any illegal aliens making their way north into the U.S.
One of the Women-in-Black protestors at Naco, AZ., April 2, 2005 feels that the border should remain completely open to all.

 

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