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ICE's purchase of robot dogs raises surveillance concerns

Original: Opinion | ICE purchase of robot dogs is more than a little chilling

US Immigration and Customs Enforcement has purchased robotic dogs, and a Boston Globe opinion column argues the move is chilling rather than reassuring. Critics see the deployment of four-legged robots by an immigration enforcement agency as a troubling step toward expanded surveillance and intimidation, echoing wider debates about police and federal agencies adopting military-style robotics.

Why now: Concerns are mounting over immigration enforcement agencies acquiring military-style robotics for domestic use.

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