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US Border Patrol agents still use horses to help secure border
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Feb 25, 2013
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US Border Patrol agents still use horses to help secure border
Tracking down smugglers and illegal immigrants, the old-fashioned way. "We do exactly what any other agent in any other vehicle does except we do it on horseback, that is our vehicle." Coming up, a ridealong with a Border Patrol Horse Unit....

Tracking down smugglers and illegal immigrants, the old-fashioned way.  "We do exactly what any other agent in any other vehicle does except we do it on horseback, that is our vehicle." Coming up, a ridealong with a Border Patrol Horse Unit....

Many advocates of immigration reform believe border security must be tightened, and they are calling for high tech options like unmanned drones and sophisticated surveillance equipment. But for decades, the Border Patrol has relied on an old-fashioned, low-tech solution: Horses.

Fronteras Desk reporter Erin Siegal has the story.