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144 Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

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Dell Cameron @ Wired · 12/17/2025 13:12 EDT

Border Patrol Bets on Small Drones to Expand US Surveillance Reach

Federal records show CBP is moving from testing small drones to making them standard surveillance tools, expanding a network that can follow activity in real time and extend well beyond the border.

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