An Explosion of Surveillance Towers is Coming to U.S. Borders, Costing Over $1 Billion
A new report from the Government Accounting Office reveals that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to nearly triple the number of surveillance towers along U.S. borders, from the current 830 to 2,300 by 2034.DHS expects to expend $1 billion in taxpayer dollars for this dangerous expansion of a surveillance network indiscriminately trained on towns, school playgrounds, backyards, and vehicles—threatening the privacy and civil liberties of everyone in the border regions.
WhoIzDisIz
in reply to technocrit • • •Well, TBF: after Trump has made the entire world hate Americans, revealed how weak we are with his failing attempt to distract from the Epstein files via a war on Iran, and killed enough immigrants to encourage some of their loved ones to seek revenge... Well, yeah, we're gonna need to watch our asses.
And here I thought the concept of turning Manhattan into a giant prison (see Escape from New York) was absurd. Give Trump credit for managing to turn the entire country into one.
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in reply to technocrit • • •"The border" is the 200-miles zone?
Edit: 100 miles.
FineCoatMummy
in reply to MonkderVierte • • •According to Mother Jones and a bunch of other sources you can find, 60% of Americans live within a 100-mile border zone. That includes 37 states covered partially. 10 states have 100% of their population covered!
If 200 miles, IDK, but gotta be waaaay more than 60%.
Border creep
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