Category Archives: Border
The Border Patrol Wants to Arm Drones
Documents obtained by the Electronic Frontier Foundation from the Department of Homeland Security’s Customs and Border Patrol indicate that the agency is close to finalizing payload standards for its drone aircraft. Among the things the CBP might want to use in its unmanned aircraft: “non-lethal weapons designed to immobilize” targets. Continue reading
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Immigration Reform 2013: Drones Are Costly Border Security Tools With Few Results To Show
Some experts say it doesn’t make sense to add more drones on the border — even if they can be paid for — because these unmanned aerial systems have more success in narcotics seizures than they do in illegal immigrants’ apprehension. Continue reading
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Drones: Key Tool to Border Security
“Whatever shape comprehensive immigration reform takes in the end, Isacson said, it’s not likely to pass without requiring the use of more drones.” Continue reading
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DHS Built Domestic Surveillance Tech into Predator Drones
Cnet News: The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has customized its Predator drones, originally built for overseas military operations, to carry out at-home surveillance tasks that have civil libertarians worried: identifying civilians carrying guns and tracking their cell phones, government documents show. Continue reading
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