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Bordering on Insanity

By: Editors

Surveillance along the US-Mexico border reaches new extremes.

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Funding for US Border Patrol doubled in the decade between 2015 and 2025, allowing the government to spend lavishly on technologies to thwart illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investments already include surveillance towers that can monitor several miles, military-style drones, and even robot dogs with guns mounted to their […]

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Funding for US Border Patrol doubled in the decade between 2015 and 2025, allowing the government to spend lavishly on technologies to thwart illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investments already include surveillance towers that can monitor several miles, military-style drones, and even robot dogs with guns mounted to their […]

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Funding for US Border Patrol doubled in the decade between 2015 and 2025, allowing the government to spend lavishly on technologies to thwart illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investments already include surveillance towers that can monitor several miles, military-style drones, and even robot dogs with guns mounted to their […]

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Funding for US Border Patrol doubled in the decade between 2015 and 2025, allowing the government to spend lavishly on technologies to thwart illegal crossings at the US-Mexico border. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investments already include surveillance towers that can monitor several miles, military-style drones, and even robot dogs with guns mounted to their […]

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