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tonight, on "nightline," it is one of the deadliest border crossings in america, we travel to a remote and dangerous place where high tech meets low tech. the border is sometimes only 40 feet high, yet, they see a million dollars worth of drugs seized inside the border war. and the latest craze, this is an on-line phenomenon. and the appetizer is only growing. you are just a click away from chow time. and football star aaron hernandez denied bail. the stars turn out to lay james
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. from new york city, this is "nightline," with cynthia mcfadden. >> good evening, and thank you for joining us. you may have a cinematic of what the u.s.-mexico border looks like, helicopters and soaring fences. but tonight, as the senate passes the immigration bill that nearly doubles the over $18 billion spent annually on border security, we travel to a remote part of arizona where that border may just surprise you. in some places you can walk right over it. so what is all that money buying? abc's byron pitts steps into the thick of things to find out.
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>> reporter: 2:00 p.m., in the middle of the day, the u.s. border patrol spots a group of men crossing the border into the u.s. from mexico. and the race is all, some are detained, some as young as 18. >> reporter: and this happens a lot? >> every day. this is normal, why we're down here. >> reporter: and that is why we're here, as well. the $18.5 billion spent each year on border security led to the decrease in the flow of border crossings and the increase in drug seizures. >> you can see how they modified it. they actually put wood, cut the bottle, and underneath is where the drugs are. >> reporter: but that success has forced the drug cartels and the human strugglers to push their operations to one stretch of the border where the u.s. has the fewest resources and the widest open spaces. right here, a native american reservation the size of connecticut. how long do you think it will be
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there? i have come to spend 48 hours with the border agents. >> just rocks and dirt. no shade. >> reporter: this is lieutenant mike ford, who with the force of only a few dozen is responsible for patrolling 4,000 square miles of desert, keeping the nearly 30,000 native americans here safe. the u.s. border patrol has beefed up its presence on the reservation, making use of the latest night vision technology. >> you can see a rabbit several miles away? >> yeah, the little rabbit right there. >> reporter: and they built this state-of-the-art command center in nearby tucson. >> this is the joint center. >> reporter: all the cameras and the feed, that is up here? >> yes. >> reporter: still, much of the border security inside the reservation is done the old fashion way, called cutting for signs. trained officers literally looking for footprints, tire
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marks or unnatural damage to the vegetation. the border is not what you think. the iconic images here, topped with razer wire. here it is open. a deterrent to vehicles crossing here, not people. i questioned the border crossers apprehended earlier. he has a university degree, but is unable to find a job. how long have you been walking? >> seven days. >> reporter: seven days you have been walking, that must be hard. scary? >> yes. >> reporter: what have you seen? >> based on all that you have been through, all that you have seen, will you try this again?
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>> he doesn't know. >> reporter: your smile says yes. we noticed all of them were carrying the same camouflage backpacks, the shirts, a fashion statement, it is not. these shoes, when they track them, a boot like mine will leave a footprint. these shoes are carpet soled shoes, no footprint. but these people, caught, may be the lucky ones. as smugglers of human cargo make their way across the desert terrain, often what catches them is mother nature. >> we find about six bodies a week. once you get out there, you run out of water they got no hope of coming back. >> reporter: and the ones with no hope end up here, the county morgue. nameless casualties. if they go unclaimed, and most
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will, they will be placed in unmarked graves. more than 100 bodies recovered in recent weeks and it is just now the start of the hot summer when temperatures can exceed 120 degrees. while overall border crossings are down 22% from two years ago, it is a different, complicated story on the reservation, where drug seizures are steadily climbing. nearly 500,000 pounds of marijuana seized last year, it has now doubled since 2010. >> it is the money. >> reporter: soon, dusk falls on the reservation, lieutenant ford and his men suit up in the s.w.a.t. gear for another night of patrol. they have invited me to ride along, under the cover of darkness in the cool desert night air, drug and human trafficking picks up. >> large enough, for narcotics, this is pretty dangerous, out of
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nowhere. >> reporter: the first traffic stop, they detain a woman who can't explain why she is on a federally protected reservation, nor where she is going and who she has come to see. the detective is not buying it. >> she is making up the story. >> reporter: they let her go with a warning. >> don't come back. >> reporter: but it is not just smugglers who are getting stopped. there are more incidents like this one. this time, police stop a native resident for driving under the speed limit. but for wilson, who has done nothing wrong, it feels like harassment. >> this is home, like somebody coming to your house. and there is no sense of freedom. you know, i feel invaded. on your own homeland. >> reporter: police find nothing and let them go. many of the native americans we spoke with say their relationship with border patrol is complicated at best. are they welcome in the nation? >> i would say yes, and i would
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say no. we're bringing in people who don't understand our culture or our people, don't understand our way of life. so therefore, there is resentment. >> reporter: he is a tribal leader. his family has lived on this reservation for generations. we traveled hours to reach him and members of his tribe. we met at what is called the sacred gate, the one place that native americans can walk across the border where their land stretches into mexico. this low fence is all that separates our two countries, a lone border agent and a light pole powered by a generator. >> drugs come through here, migrates come through here. >> reporter: and with it, a variety of problems. >> homes are getting broken into. they seem to be getting aggressive. >> reporter: aggressive, the cartel is becoming more aggressive bringing the product through your community. the border patrol is becoming more aggressive to stop it, and caught in the middle?
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>> and caught in the middle. >> reporter: it sounds like your beloved nation is either the doorway or the doormat for the drug trafficking? >> that is correct. >> reporter: his friend lives in a remote part of the nation. the response time from the police can be 45 minutes. and the border crossers who walk across her property know it. >> and this is where they went through the home. my home. they're constantly breaking in all the time. >> reporter: breaking into your home? >> yes, i would say once every month. >> reporter: once a month? >> uh-huh, there was one just recently where they were there about a month ago, and just left everything. >> reporter: they broke into your house? >> yes. >> reporter: stole your food and cooked it on your stove? >> yes. >> reporter: the tangible proof of the escalation of the border crossings, i find here at headquarters. >> okay, what we have here is the processing area, where we
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process the drug seizures. >> reporter: over a million dollars worth of marijuana confiscated in a week. >> they're getting weighed, we're getting ready to put them into evidence. >> reporter: and there is more added to the pile. because on this night, just down the hall, a group of suspected drug smugglers were just captured, being held in the cells and then questioned. six of them with loads of marijuana, their clothes and shoes on the carpet. one of them was upset. this drug smuggling stopped. >> is this a success? a drop in the bucket? >> this is success because it represents money. >> reporter: that is not how many of the native americans we talked to see it. their way of life has been compromised. in the battle for the border,
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america may be winning, but it is a battle she can't end, at least not yet and not here. >> how do we better work this relationship? we are on the same team. and we are failing at protecting america. when they say that the borders are secure along the u.s.-mexican border that is not true. they are not secure. if you come here, they are not secure. >> reporter: for "nightline," arizona. our thanks to byron pitts for that. next, the seamless transition in the on-line food delivery world. >> abc news "nightline." brought to you by macy's.
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. >> imagine, you rush home from a busy day in the office, hungry only to find that there is nothing in your refrigerator. sound familiar? well, for millions of people that problem is a thing of the past. bring us your tired, your hungry, a new company called seamless is transforming the food industry one click at a time. and its reach is growing. abc's linsey davis has more. >> reporter: it is the food site that is changing the way 2 million people order their grub. seamless, the restaurant that offers gourmet pickup and delivery.
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>> we don't touch food or handle food, we purely make the connection between the diners and the restaurants. >> reporter: the ceo is not a foodie or a chef. >> you will notice a lot of light. >> reporter: he is a 39-year-old technology guru who is out to revolutionize this billion dollar industry. >> at the headquarters i think we have 30 or 40. why do we need that many? well, the truth is people have different tastes. >> reporter: that is 72 italian places, 36 burger joints, 19 diners. just a fraction of the many restaurants that deliver to this one location. all of this talk of food is making it hungry and it is lunchtime at abc news. >> four out of five stars. >> reporter: so i log onto seamless.com to become one of the more than 70,000 orders a day. >> here is the terminal. when we see a yellow bar come up that means it is an order
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pending. >> reporter: and within minutes, they're teaming up with the new york city eatery. seamless made millions last year, all by taking the order. the restaurant pay, with no charge to the customer. >> 10% is often the difference between profit and loss. >> reporter: he calls it a partnership with restaurants. >> we only make money when they do. the more we drive, the more money they make and the more money we make, as well. >> reporter: food centers like this? >> it is sweet, decadent, and getting more sweetness. >> reporter: they have become more and more popular alongside the power house cooking shows, the food networks. but clearly everybody is not going inside their kitchen to try out what they see. >> i think it creates hunger, but it is unclear if people actually go in their kitchens and cook. now with things like seamless,
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you can just push a button for your needs. >> reporter: and their offices are full of toys. what office would not be complete? the new technology and the foresight, not over the dinner table but over the ping pong table. >> i would say that is definitely a place where a lot of interesting is discussions happen. >> reporter: and lots of cool gadgets. >> a business like ours is so dependent on weather. >> reporter: but not everybody can use this yet. >> there is a chicken and egg situation, people don't deliver in suburbia, because there are no choices. >> reporter: but a new partner will help them expand. seamless announced it will merge with another food site. they want to become the facebook of food.
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>> wouldn't it be great if you could go in and say what is popular among people like me? what is trending with people who are similar, similar histories, we want to be thought of as the most trusted source of restaurant information. that is really the next frontier for us. >> reporter: as for me, the next frontier is lunch, which is speeding up to the door and into my anxious arms. for "nightline," i'm linsey davis. and next, aaron hernandez's problems are worse as he is investigated for a double murder committed last year. in tonight's feed frenzy. money on car insurance with geico... yeah, a little bit more of the lime green love yeah... or letting them know they can reach geico 24/7 using the latest technology. go on, slather it all over. don't hold back, go on...
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things continue to look worse for the former new england patriots star. he has pled not guilty and is being held without bail. he is now also being investigated in connection with a 2012 double murder in boston. meanwhile, a second man has been arrested today in connection with the killing of odin lloyd. the prosecutors say that there was video showing two men holding firearms the day of the murder. and boston bombing suspect dzhokhar tsarnaev was indicted for murder as well as using weapons of mass destruction. the indictment offers chilling details about the jihadists that the two brothers found on line while planning the attack. he remains in prison in massachusetts for now, but the new charges could make him eligible for life in prison
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