This sounds like crossing the line from reasonable protection to piling on costs.

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Virtual border guards are also being tested, with the US Customs and Border Protection trialling a kiosk at Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales, Arizona, a border crossing between the US and Mexico.

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It said the increased use of the crossing as a result of the extra housing would make it "incompatible with the current level of protection provided".

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