"We're having to work around them instead of concentrating on the actual border where we need to work," Adame said.
I spent some time in the military working with sensors (about 20 years). I worked with the same sensor systems used by the Border Patrol. Proper emplacement would have the sensors deployed in "strings" that would be activated in sequence providing not only an alarm but also a probable direction of movement. Further analysis of the data would also allow the determination of target speed. The information could then be plotted on a map; capture sites could be determined and manned prior to the arrival of the bad guys.
Review of the sensor activation pattern would quickly indicate that a group of cattle or a known presence such as the Minutemen were causing the activation, since the same sensors would constantly be activated. This would negate the need to send an agent out to the sensor site to investigate.
This all means either the Border Patrol isn't using the sensor system properly or that the admin types are blowing smoke at the unknowing public. The guys in the field know what they're doing, so the problem must be the admin types.
BUMP for truth in an otherwise polluted thread.