Access Control
& Security Systems

The deployment of National Guard troops at the U.S.-Mexican border will be a temporary measure until new Customs agents can be hired and trained, U.S. Homeland Security Director Tom Ridge said last week.

Ridge added that the use of increased technology can "try to identify your low-risk and no-risk traffic," thus allowing for greater concentration on cargo and people who are unknown.

Ridge pointed to the U.S.-Canadian border security measures, which includes a computer system designed to ease entry for low-risk, pre-approved users, as a model. The Canadian plan also calls for technology to be used in factories, rail yards and seaports before cargo ever reaches the border.

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