U.S. Border Patrol: More Agents, More Fences, More Technology, More Horses?

This Is What The Border Patrol Needs?
DOUGLAS, AZ - MAY 5: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (C) speaks with an unidentified U.S. Border Patrol agent after addressing the media at a press conference at the U.S. Border Patrol Station May 5, 2005 in Douglas, Arizona. Chertoff toured the border at Douglas and Yuma, Arizona and U.S. Border Patrol facilities along with U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ.), U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ.) and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)
DOUGLAS, AZ - MAY 5: U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Michael Chertoff (C) speaks with an unidentified U.S. Border Patrol agent after addressing the media at a press conference at the U.S. Border Patrol Station May 5, 2005 in Douglas, Arizona. Chertoff toured the border at Douglas and Yuma, Arizona and U.S. Border Patrol facilities along with U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ.), U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ.) and Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. (Photo by Jeff Topping/Getty Images)

Immigration enforcement and drug smuggling continue to be top priorities for the Department of Homeland Security, and the Border Patrol's budget has swelled accordingly, increasing from just $262,647 in 1990 to over $3.5 million dollars in the 2012 fiscal year. They've added more agents, more technology, and higher fences.

Despite such progress, human smugglers and drug traffickers have simply pushed further into mountainous, difficult terrain to avoid detection.

That's where horses come in.

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