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Associated Press- Along the expansive Canadian border, a lack of agents and antiquated motion sensors can make it difficult to distinguish between a would-be terrorist and a wayward moose, officials say.
Law enforcement officials and lawmakers argue more funding is needed to put more agents and reliable technology along the 4,000-mile border. Without both, it's impossible to hunt down everything that trips the sensors or know who — and what — is trying to get in.
"It's pretty much a joke," said Towner County Sheriff Vaughn Klier, whose territory stretches to the border.
Officials won't say how many of the motion detectors are buried along the border, citing security concerns. But U.S. Border Patrol supervisor Brent Zimmerman said he doesn't entirely trust the sensors because they're difficult to maintain and rely on batteries.
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