Its purely up to the CBP officer and my comments only relate to land border crossings. Living right next to the border we frquently travel across for only a few hours, for activities, shopping, restaurants, groceries at times (only legally...
generally in these areas in NM taking off from outside the area is irrelevant because you will be BVLOS before you reach the features you want to film anyway
All drone shots recorded recently with the new DJI Mini 5 pro, I totally lucked out with the fog, my intention was to photograph but my heart sank when I discovered I left my SD card home in the card reader. I was glad I had the drone with me...
Lovely sunset over Portsmouth today, and exciting flights with bonus helicopter avoidance episodes !
But for now here's a little panorama as the sun got close to disappearing...