Vermont officials want more info on border surveillance plan
WILSON RING, Associated Press
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DERBY LINE, Vt. (AP) Vermont’s lone U.S. congressman and the state attorney general said Monday they wanted to know more about plans by U.S. Customs and Border Protection to build a number of high-powered surveillance towers along the state’s border with the Canadian province of Quebec.
U.S. Rep. Peter Welch and Vermont Attorney General T.J. Donovan, both Democrats, met Monday with officials in the border community of Derby Line where one of the towers is proposed to be built.
They were joined by a number of local residents and officials who said they were unaware of the project until they heard about local news reports on the proposal.