How technology helps Border Patrol agents in northern Maine [Video]

On a snowy afternoon, Maine’s Total Coverage spent the day with border patrol agents and learned that by using technology, like cameras, sensors in the ground and drones, patrol agents are able to better patrol Maine’s border with Canada.With these tools, they can see when people are entering the country through heat sensors without having to physically man every mile of the border. That way, law enforcement knows what to look for. “A lot of these arrests originate from a backup call and then it evolves into some type of immigration violation that we are responsible for enforcing,” Juan Bernal, Chief Border Patrol Agent of the Houlton Sector, said.He says these calls can start as something as simple as a traffic stop which then results in a federal immigration crime.”Not long ago, some illegal aliens were exploiting the relaxed visa programs in Canada,” he said. “They’d fly into Canada legally …