The State of Chihuahua Is Building a 20-Story Tower in Ciudad Juarez to Surveil 13 Cities–and Texas Will Also Be Watching (1,791 automated license plate readers, 7,865 cameras, 74 drones, face recognition, AI, and more)
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/state-chihuahua-building-20-story-tower-ciudad-juarez-surveil-13-cities-and-state #border #borders #cities #mexico #chihuahua #texas #BorderExternalization #surveillance #ai
The State of Chihuahua Is Building a 20-Story Tower in Ciudad Juarez to Surveil 13 Cities–and Texas Will Also Be Watching
Chihuahua state officials and a notorious Mexican security contractor broke ground last summer on the Torre Centinela (Sentinel Tower), an ominous, 20-story high-rise in downtown Ciudad Juarez that will serve as the central node of a new AI-enhanced surveillance regime. With tentacles reaching into 13 Mexican cities and a data pipeline that will channel intelligence all the way to Austin, Texas, the monstrous project will be unlike anything seen before along the U.S.-Mexico border.
Opinion | Michael Bloomberg: How Biden and Congress Should Fix the Immigration Crisis in Our Cities
The collapse of an orderly asylum process has left New York City struggling.
Panama, at the behest of the U.S., to increase the risks faced by those migrating from Haiti, Venezuela and Afghanistan (countries exploited, sanctioned, and bombed by the U.S.), in order to prevent them from reaching the U.S.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/9/8/panama-to-increase-deportations-new-efforts-to-halt-darien-gap-crossings #imperialism #borders #BorderExternalization #migration #deportation #border
Panama to increase deportations, efforts to halt Darien Gap crossings
Record numbers have crossed the Darien Gap, a strip of jungle between Panama and Colombia once seen as impassable.
“In each place enforcement was distinct, yet with the common denominator of U.S. support and rhetoric about dismantling smuggling networks, criminal organizations, and illicit activities. There is also the common denominator of detention, death, and brutalization of people on the move”
https://www.theborderchronicle.com/p/out-of-sight-out-of-mind-after-title @immigration #borders #border #biden #bipartisanship #BorderMilitarization #BorderExternalization #FreedomOfMovement #panama
Out of Sight, Out of Mind: After Title 42, U.S. Border Enforcement Will Push Further South
When Title 42 phases out on May 11, expect the further export of U.S. “prevention through deterrence” into Latin America and the Caribbean.
Bulgaria: 18 migrants found dead in truck
The truck, which was carrying timber, had hidden close to 40 migrants from Afghanistan. Four Bulgarian suspects have been arrested.
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