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The U.S. military is ramping up its presence at the southern border with thousands of active-duty troops, intelligence units, surveillance aircraft, and naval assets deployed to support border security efforts amidst ongoing migration challenges. 🇺🇸🛡️✈️🚢 #BorderSecurity #MilitaryDeployment #USMexicoBorder theintercept.com/2025/07/22/mi
#newz

The Intercept · The Pentagon Won’t Track Troops Deployed on U.S. Soil. So We Will.By Nick Turse

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is expanding its use of AI-powered surveillance 🚨🤖 to monitor U.S. borders, raising concerns about privacy, accuracy, and impact on marginalized communities. Is AI improving security or intensifying surveillance overreach? 🔍📡 Read more: theintercept.com/2025/07/23/cb #BorderSecurity #AISurveillance #PrivacyMatters #newz

The Intercept · Border Patrol Wants Advanced AI to Spy on American CitiesBy Sam Biddle

A US citizen deleted their entire social media history before traveling, fearing border scrutiny. In 2025, social media feels less like self-expression and more like self-incrimination. The shift reflects growing concerns over digital permanence and surveillance.

theregister.com/2025/07/21/col

The Register · I just deleted my entire social media presence before visiting the US – and I'm a citizenBy Mark Pesce

The ratio of seized drugs between the 2 nations are NOT on the same scale.

"More than a third of the cocaine was caught at the border, reflecting a significant trend in the flow of drugs: from Mexico into the United States and then smuggled into Canada hidden aboard commercial transport trucks."

#BorderSecurity

nationalpost.com/news/canada/a

nationalpostAlmost $50 million in cocaine found hidden in trucks crossing into Canada from U.S., police sayNine people were arrested, in what Peel Regional Police described Tuesday as the largest drug bust in the police service’s history.