Concerned that border surveillance drones might fly over much of Southern California, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) successfully amended the proposed Senate immigration overhaul bill Tuesday to limit such flights to within three miles of the Mexican border.
The restriction, if it becomes law, would make it difficult to use Predator drones efficiently in the area because they require considerable airspace to turn, said two law enforcement officials familiar with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s drone program.
The amendment bars the Border Patrol from operating “unarmed, unmanned aerial vehicles in the San Diego and El Centro sectors except within three miles of the southern border,” Feinstein told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is revising the complex legislative proposal this week.
The amendment bars the Border Patrol from operating “unarmed, unmanned aerial vehicles in the San Diego and El Centro sectors except within three miles of the southern border,” Feinstein told members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is revising the complex legislative proposal this week.
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