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Domestic Drones Are Here...To Stay

<p>A pair of Customs and Border Protection UAS aircraft located at the southern border are standing by for air operations (Gerald L. Nino/Courtesy Customs and Border Protection).</p>
A pair of Customs and Border Protection UAS aircraft located at the southern border are standing by for air operations (Gerald L. Nino/Courtesy Customs and Border Protection).

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  • Micah Zenko
    Senior Fellow

Today, I have a piece in Foreign Policy that assesses the use of surveillance drones by the Customs and Border Protection (CBP). While many are understandably anxious about the seemingly inevitable expansion of drones across the United States, I argue that many fears are either overblown or based on misperceptions.