Sunlightandafence are visible through one, butthroughotherssheseeselectronictrails that have been keptforherofneighborscoming and going duringthe early morning.
Last year, the department pulled the plug on a billion-dollar initiative, known as SBInet, after concluding that the troubled "electronic fence" involving cameras, radar and other devices would be unable to provide the unified border-monitoring system once envisioned.