A group concerned about security along the U.S.-Mexican border has created a Web site that will let immigration hawks patrol the border over the Internet.
The American Border Patrol's Virtual Vigilance program will let viewers take control of a high-tech camera mounted on a 46-foot pole and watch as people illegally cross into the U.S.
The group said it wants volunteers to work half-hour shifts.
Five cameras will be set up at the American Border Patrol's ranch near Naco and will provide coverage of about 20 miles, the group said.
Glenn Spencer, American Border Patrol's president, pointed to an image of a wall Tuesday that federal officials say 300 illegal entrants go over every day.
``Americans can sit in their homes and they can watch that wall,'' Spencer said.
Two of the cameras are thermal and can see five miles into the dark. They cost $85,000 apiece, Spencer said.
Spencer said that while The Boeing Co. couldn't get its $20 million virtual fence up and running, his group developed the hardware and software for their project at a cost of $100,000. ``We could do more (than Boeing) for one tenth, one-twentieth the cost,'' he said.
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