DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderPatrol</span></a> Wants Advanced <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Spy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spy</span></a> on American Cities</p><p>A U.S. Border Patrol “Industry Day” deck also asks for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/drones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>drones</span></a>, seismic sensors, and tech that can see through walls.</p><p>by Sam Biddle<br>July 23 2025 </p><p>Excerpt: "U.S. Customs and Border Protection, flush with billions in new funding, is seeking 'advanced AI' technologies to surveil urban residential areas, increasingly sophisticated <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/autonomous" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>autonomous</span></a> systems, and even the ability to see through walls. </p><p>"A CBP presentation for an 'Industry Day' summit with private sector vendors, obtained by The Intercept, lays out a detailed wish list of tech CBP hopes to purchase, like satellite connectivity for <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceTowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceTowers</span></a> along the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/border" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>border</span></a> and improved radio communications. But it also shows that state-of-the-art, AI-augmented surveillance technologies will be central to the Trump administration’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiImmigrant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AntiImmigrant</span></a> campaign, which will extend deep into the interior of the North American continent, hundreds of miles from international borders as commonly understood. </p><p>"The recent passage of Trump’s sprawling flagship legislation funnels tens of billions of dollars to the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DepartmentOfHomelandSecurity</span></a>. While much of that funding will go to Immigration and Customs Enforcement to bolster the administration’s arrest and deportation operations, a great deal is earmarked to purchase new technology and equipment for federal offices tasked with preventing immigrants from arriving in the first place: Customs and Border Protection, which administers the country’s border surveillance apparatus, and its subsidiary, the U.S. Border Patrol.<br> <br>"One page of the presentation, describing the wishlist of Border Patrol’s Law Enforcement Operations Division, says the agency needs '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AdvancedAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdvancedAI</span></a> to identify and track suspicious activity in urban environment [sic],' citing the 'challenges' posed by 'Dense residential areas.' What’s considered '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SuspiciousActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SuspiciousActivity</span></a>' is left unmentioned.<br>Customs and Border Protection did not respond to questions posed about the slides by The Intercept."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cbp-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cb</span><span class="invisible">p-border-patrol-ai-surveillance/</span></a> </p><p>Archived version:<br><a href="https://archive.ph/ohLtM" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">archive.ph/ohLtM</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ThoughtCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThoughtCrime</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PoliceDrones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PoliceDrones</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AISucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AISucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SurveillanceState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SurveillanceState</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CPB</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DHS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DHS</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICE</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ICEKidnapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ICEKidnapping</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Disappeared" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disappeared</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Orwellian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orwellian</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NoPrivacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoPrivacy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/MinorityReport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MinorityReport</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ElectronicBigBrother" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectronicBigBrother</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BrotherEye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrotherEye</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DoublePlusUngood" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DoublePlusUngood</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatching</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BigBrotherIsWatchingYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigBrotherIsWatchingYou</span></a></p>