Posted on 05/13/2008 4:58:21 PM PDT by SwinneySwitch
Texas Border Coalition Members to Meet During Global Border Security Conference on Border Alternatives at Technology Expo
AUSTIN, Texas, May 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- With security technology highlighted at the Global Border Security Conference & Expo as its backdrop, members of the Texas Border Coalition will meet May 21 to discuss issues that directly affect the Texas-Mexico border region and build on strategies to recommend technological alternatives to erecting a physical border fence, which coalition members say will cede privately owned land to Mexico and disrupt economic development in the region.
Eagle Pass Mayor Chad Foster, chairman of the Texas Border Coalition, will also speak at the conference, which is being held inAustin, Texas May 21 and 22 at theAustin Convention Center. Foster's presentation is entitled, "Fence vs. Virtual Fence - DHS & Stakeholders Working Together."
The Texas Border Coalition, an alliance of border mayors, county judges and community leaders, contends that a "virtual fence" proposes the least adverse affect on socioeconomic and environmental conditions in Texas regions bordering Mexico.
In response to growing demand for border defense and security technology from federal and state governments, the 2008 Global Border Security Conference, organized and managed by E.J. Krause & Associates, has expanded its exposition to include two dedicated technology pavilions. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Pavilion will focus on air-to-ground surveillance capabilities and unmanned aircraft. The Pavilion will showcase technologies from around the globe enabling more efficient, wide-area and all-terrain reconnaissance. The Advanced Biometrics Pavilion will present next-generation technologies for port and border security access control applications and integrated identification systems.
Said Michael Rosenberg, vice president of homeland security, for E.J. Krause: "Our goal is to bring together government and industry leaders to consider security services, technology products and policy strategies that can help better protect sovereign borders. This is a unique opportunity for government officials in homeland security and law enforcement to view firsthand what solutions are available to them. We are proud to be hosting the second annual Global Border Security Conference in Austin, Texas and anticipate that the conference will help define the next phase of investment in border surveillance and security."
In May 2007, hundreds of technology leaders and border security decision makers from the United States,Canada,Europe andMexico gathered in San Antonio for the inaugural Global Border Security Conference and Expo.
About E.J. Krause & Associates
E.J. Krause & Associates, Inc. (EJK) is one of the largest privately held exhibition management companies in the world. With offices on four continents, EJK produces more than 80 events in 16 different industries. EJK's reputation is based on its resolute commitment to excellence in service to its clients. For more information visit http://www.globalbordersecurity.com or http://www.ejkrause.com.
SOURCE E.J. Krause & Associates
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“members of the Texas Border Coalition will meet May 21 to discuss issues that directly affect the Texas-Mexico border region and build on strategies to recommend technological alternatives to erecting a physical border fence, which coalition members say will cede privately owned land to Mexico and disrupt economic development in the region.”
This is a huge problem - the TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER? There are obviously many interests of those who live on the border, but it’s not the Tex-Mex border, but the USA-Mexico border. And what happens on the border just doesn’t stay on the border, but migrates to all 48 states of the mainland, and maybe occasionally to Alaska and Hawaii, also.
There is a border state mentality of many that is very different from most of the other 44 on the mainland. I think that explains the open borders mentality of Bush and Rove and McCain and others. They’ve simply been too close to the situation, and refuse to see how other, non-border states are affected by the attitudes along the border.
Another way to suck billions of dollars out of the government instead of millions. We just need to build the friggin fence and not with a bunch of high tech crap that will cost billions of dollars and then have to contract out the maintanence to another company for millions more..
Said Michael Rosenberg, vice president of homeland security, for E.J. Krause: “Our goal is to bring together government and industry leaders to consider security services, technology products and policy strategies that can help better protect sovereign borders.
Your goal is to bring out enough smoke and mirrors to leave things just the way they are. You fool nobody.
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