US: Texas governor Rick Perry has unveiled plans to place hundreds of surveillance cameras along the Rio Grande and to stream the images to the internet so computer-users everywhere can help patrol the US-Mexico border.
Speaking to a gathering of sheriffs from border counties, Mr Perry said virtual border-patrollers spotting illegal immigrants would be able to call a toll-free phone number to report them to Texas authorities.
The cameras, which would cost $5 million (€3.9 million) to install along the state's 1,600km (994-mile) border with Mexico, will be trained on "criminal hot-spots and common routes used to enter this country", he said. Mr Perry is a Republican and is running for re-election in November.