Texas Gov. Perry asks feds for drones to patrol border
By Gary Reese
Florida Insider

February 8, 2010 —

Republican Texas Gov. Rick Perry says unarmed, unmanned Predator drone aircraft should be used to patrol the Texas-Mexico border for illegal immigration and drug-trade activity. Perry, in a tough re-election fight this year, has asked the federal government for one Predator. Predators are now in use along the Arizona-Mexico border. Republican US Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, running for governor against Perry, called the idea a “boondoggle.â€