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Sen. Al Melvin, who chairs the Joint Border Security Advisory Committee, explains Wednesday how some of the money being donated to build a border fence might be used instead to install underground sensors. (Capitol Media Services photo by Howard Fischer)

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PHOENIX -- The head of a special legislative panel on border security wants to use some of the money people across the nation to build a border fence instead for invisible buried sensors.Sen. Al Melvin, R-Tucson, said there are places where a fence makes sense.But Melvin, who chairs the Joint Border Security Advisory Committee, said a physical barrier is not always possible or practical. And the issue, he said, goes beyond whether the federal government or private landowners will give permission.

By Howard Fischer July 29, 2011
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