Border Patrol agents and a legislator whose district sits along the U.S.-Canadian border told the Washington Examiner this week that technological improvements would help maintain security more than a physical wall along the northern border.

Multiple personnel from U.S. Customs and Border Protection told the Examiner during a tour of the border in Upstate New York that technological improvements, specifically the use of drones, ground sensors, and cameras, are more useful for border protection than a physical barrier would be.

The 1,950-mile southern border is partially covered by 750 miles of wall, but the northern border is roughly twice that size and has thousands fewer personnel assigned to maintain security in addition to the geographical issues with building physical barriers, which Republicans reportedly discussed constructing last year.

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